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Psalms 37:4 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 37:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 37:47 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הִתְעַנַּ֥גwəhitəʿanag
and take delightconjH6026
delight · sport self
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְ/יִֽתֶּןwəyiten
so he may giveconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לְ֝/ךָ֗ləkā
pron
מִשְׁאֲלֹ֥תmišəʾălōt
the requests ofnounH4862
petition
לִבֶּֽ/ךָlibekā
heart yournounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 37 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Amara DialloNote3mo ago
The armor of God - Psalms 37
Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing - both the anguish and the hope. God is faithful in every circumstance. This is one of those passages that ...
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