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This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
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“This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”

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King James Bible — Psalm 118:24
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1611
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King James Version translation committees · from Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic / Koine Greek
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Meaning of “This is the day which the Lord hath…”

The verse directs attention to the present day and treats rejoicing as a deliberate response to what has been given now.

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Psalm 118:24 in the King James Version.

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This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
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“This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”

King James Bible · King James Bible — Psalm 118:24 · 1611
Meaning & context

The verse directs attention toward the present day as something to receive with gratitude and deliberate gladness rather than overlook while waiting for another moment.

Source details

Psalm 118:24 in the King James Version; the verse joins the present day with rejoicing and gratitude.

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But, whichever way I go, I am glad I came.
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“But, whichever way I go, I am glad I came.”

John Burroughs · Winter Sunshine · 1875
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The pleasure of walking is not confined to one perfect route because attention and openness allow value to emerge from whichever road is actually taken.

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Winter Sunshine, essay “The Exhilarations of the Road.” The sentence follows Burroughs’s comparison of winter walks in different directions and precedes his claim that all roads lead toward the walker’s sought-for Jerusalem.

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I'd use to-day that cannot last, Be glad to-day and sing.
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“I'd use to-day that cannot last, Be glad to-day and sing.”

Christina Rossetti · Another Spring — Christina Rossetti · 1862
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Awareness that another spring is not guaranteed turns attention toward using the present day rather than postponing every form of gladness.

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“Another Spring,” Project Gutenberg #16950. The stanza begins conditionally—'If I might see another Spring'—so the present-focused conclusion grows from mortality and uncertainty.

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What is needed is a habit of cheerfulness, to enjoy every day as we go along.
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“What is needed is a habit of cheerfulness, to enjoy every day as we go along.”

Orison Swett Marden · Cheerfulness as a Life Power · 1899
Meaning & context

Marden treats cheerfulness as a repeated practice of attending to the current day rather than postponing all enjoyment to occasional breaks.

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Cheerfulness as a Life Power, Foreword; Project Gutenberg #18394. Claims about health elsewhere in the book are period rhetoric and are not treated as modern medical evidence.

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