“Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
The psalmist advises 'Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.' The command to delight emphasizes that faith should involve joy and pleasure, not grim duty. The promise that God will grant the desires of those who delight in God establishes that alignment with God results in the fulfillment of what one truly desires. This verse suggests that the desires of those who genuinely love God will themselves be righteous and worthy of fulfillment.
Church Fathers on Psalms 37:4
On the first part of the psalm. 1. With terror do they hear of the coming of the last day, who will not be secure by living well: and who fain would live ill, long. But it was for useful purposes that God willed that day to remain unknown; that the heart may be ever ready to expect that of which it knows it is to come, but knows not when it is to come. Seeing, however, that our Lord Jesus Christ was sent to us to be our “Master,” He said, that “of the day not even the Son of…
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