Psalm 37:4 {36:4}
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Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.

Delight

Psalm 43:4 And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth.

Psalm 104:34 Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the Lord.

Job 27:10 Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

Job 34:9 For he hath said: Man shall not please God, although he run with him.

Songs 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow, whom I desired: and his fruit was sweet to my palate.

Isaiah 58:14 Then shalt thou be delighted in the Lord, and I will lift thee up above the high places of the earth, and will feed thee with the inheritance of Jacob thy father. For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now though you see him not, you believe and, believing, shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;

and

Psalm 21:1,2 Unto the end. A psalm for David. [2] In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly. . . .

Psalm 145:19 He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them.

John 15:7,16 If you abide in me and my words abide in you, you shall ask whatever you will: and it shall be done unto you. . . .

1 John 5:14,15 And this is the confidence which we have towards him: That, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us. . . .

Context
Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong
3Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches. 4Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.5Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.…
Cross References
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

Matthew 7:8
For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

Job 22:26
Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

Job 27:10
Or can he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?

Psalm 21:2
Thou hast given him his heart's desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.

Psalm 81:10
For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

Psalm 94:19
According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.

Psalm 145:19
He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them.

Isaiah 58:14
Then shalt thou be delighted in the Lord, and I will lift thee up above the high places of the earth, and will feed thee with the inheritance of Jacob thy father. For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Lexicon
Delight yourself
וְהִתְעַנַּ֥ג (wə·hiṯ·‘an·naḡ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6026: To be soft, pliable, effeminate, luxurious

in
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and He will give
וְיִֽתֶּן־ (wə·yit·ten-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

you
לְ֝ךָ֗ (lə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

the desires
מִשְׁאֲלֹ֥ת (miš·’ă·lōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4862: Request, petition

of your heart.
לִבֶּֽךָ׃ (lib·be·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


Additional Translations
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.Delight yourself also in the LORD: and he shall give you the desires of your heart.

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

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

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

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

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

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

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