Psalms 37:4

In 11 translations

BSB

Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

KJV

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

WEB

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

ASV

Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

LSV

And delight yourself on YHWH, || And He gives to you the petitions of your heart.

YLT

And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

DBY

and delight thyself in Jehovah, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

DRC36:4

Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.

GNV

And delite thy selfe in the Lord, and hee shall giue thee thine hearts desire.

JPS

So shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and He shall give thee the petitions of thy heart.

LXXE36:4

Delight thyself in the Lord; and he shall grant thee the requests of thine heart.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְהִתְעַנַּ֥ג עַל־יְהוָ֑ה וְיִֽתֶּן־לְ֝ךָ֗ מִשְׁאֲלֹ֥ת לִבֶּֽךָ׃

LXX-Br36:4

Κατατρύφησον τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ δώσει σοι τὰ αἰτήματα τῆς καρδίας σου.

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• John 15:7If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
• Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
• John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will remain—so that whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
• Isaiah 58:14then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
• 1 John 5:14–15And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
• Psalms 21:1–2O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation! You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
• Job 22:26Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
• 1 Peter 1:8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
• Psalms 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
• Job 27:10Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?
• Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
• Song of Songs 2:3Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
• Job 34:9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’

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