Psalms 37:4 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 37:4

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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27 verses on the floor

John 15:7
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Psalms 145:19
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Proverbs 16:3
Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.
John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Isaiah 58:14
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

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, 10, 20, 35, 36, 38 ) and the salvation and protection which the righteous are sure of from all the malicious designs of the wicked,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. The instructions here given are very plain; much need not be said for the exposition of them, but there is a great deal to be done for the reducing of them to practice, and there they will look best. We are here cautioned against discontent at the prosperity and success of evil-doers (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

We must not only depend upon God, but solace ourselves in him. We must be well pleased that there is a God, that he is such a one as he has revealed himself to be, and that he is our God in covenant.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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