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“Serve the LORD with gladness.”
Service and gladness are joined, making joy part of how useful work is carried out rather than something reserved for leisure.
Source note: Psalm 100:2 in the King James Version; opening clause.
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“Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.”
Service and gladness are joined, suggesting that purposeful action and joy need not be separated from one another.
Source note: Psalm 100:2 in the King James Version.