1 Samuel 2:1 NIV
 Then Hannah prayed and said:   “My heart rejoices   in the Lord; in the Lord my horn    is lifted high. My mouth boasts   over my enemies,   for I delight in your deliverance. 
Isaiah 12:2 NIV
 Surely God is my salvation;   I will trust   and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself,   is my strength   and my defense ; he has become my salvation.  ” 
Isaiah 61:10 NIV
 I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices   in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,   as a bridegroom adorns his head   like a priest, and as a bride   adorns herself with her jewels. 
Job 13:15 NIV
 Though he slay me, yet will I hope   in him;   I will surely  defend my ways to his face.   
Micah 7:7 NIV
 But as for me, I watch   in hope   for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear   me.
Philippians 4:4 NIV
 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!  
Romans 5:2-3 NIV
 through whom we have gained access   by faith into this grace in which we now stand.   And we  boast in the hope   of the glory of God. Not only so, but we  also glory in our sufferings,   because we know that suffering produces perseverance;