Delight

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

But--in the law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents. — read the full passage →

And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.

Send forth Thy light and Thy truth, They--they lead me, they bring me in, Unto Thy holy hill, and unto Thy tabernacles. — read the full passage →

Lo, My servant, I take hold on him, My chosen one--My soul hath accepted, I have put My Spirit upon him, Judgment to nations he bringeth forth.

But--in this let the boaster boast himself, In understanding and knowing Me, For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, doing kindness, Judgment, and righteousness, in the earth, For in these I have delighted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not. — read the full passage →

Unless Thy law <FI>were<Fi> my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction. — read the full passage →

Who <FI>is<Fi> a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He--He delighteth <FI>in<Fi> kindness.

Then dost thou delight thyself on Jehovah, And I have caused thee to ride on high places of earth, And have caused thee to eat the inheritance of Jacob thy father, For the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken!

Thy testimonies also <FI>are<Fi> my delight, The men of my counsel!

In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth. — read the full passage →

To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law <FI>is<Fi> within my heart.

`Thou dost certainly tithe all the increase of thy seed which the field is bringing forth year by year; — read the full passage →

Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts. — read the full passage →

`So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

If thou dost turn from the sabbath thy foot, Doing thine own pleasure on My holy day, And hast cried to the sabbath, `A delight,' To the holy of Jehovah, `Honoured,' And hast honoured it, without doing thine own ways, Without finding thine own pleasure, And speaking a word. — read the full passage →

Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked. — read the full passage →

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law <FI>is<Fi> my delight.

<FI> He.<Fi> Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it--<FI> to<Fi> the end. — read the full passage →

O Lord, my lips thou dost open, And my mouth declareth Thy praise. — read the full passage →

And he said also to him who did call him, `When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee; — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.

Wolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent--dust <FI>is<Fi> its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!

For Jehovah is pleased with His people, He beautifieth the humble with salvation.

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common. — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts. — read the full passage →

For then on the Mighty thou delightest thyself, And dost lift up unto God thy face,

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

Only--from his excellency They have consulted to drive away, They enjoy a lie, with their mouth they bless, And with their heart revile. Selah.

And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys <FI>is<Fi> with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

And Samuel saith, `Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as <FI>in<Fi> hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;

but it is great gain--the piety with contentment;

for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,

`Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen--ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves.

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son--the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> lying lips, And stedfast doers <FI>are<Fi> his delight.

I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law <FI>is<Fi> my delight.

In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.

On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the choice sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, — read the full passage →

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;

and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt; — read the full passage →

`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets--I did not come to throw down, but to fulfil; — read the full passage →

The delight of kings <FI>are<Fi> righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,

Then I am near Him, a workman, And I am a delight--day by day. Rejoicing before Him at all times, — read the full passage →

Jehovah is pleased with those fearing Him, With those waiting for His kindness.

Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands <FI>are<Fi> my delights.

Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I--in Thy law I have delighted.

And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,

And Saul commandeth his servants, `Speak unto David gently, saying, Lo, the king hath delighted in thee, and all his servants have loved thee, and now, be son-in-law to the king.'

if Jehovah hath delighted in us, then He hath brought us in unto this land, and hath given it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey;

and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,

these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.

and He who sent me is with me; the Father did not leave me alone, because I, the things pleasing to Him, do always.'

sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.

Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their sins;

And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant <FI>is<Fi> the peace of thy sons.

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

An abomination to Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way <FI>are<Fi> His delight.

Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight.

Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.

Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.

In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

Rebuke a beast of the reeds, a company of bulls, With calves of the peoples, Each humbling himself with pieces of silver, Scatter Thou peoples delighting in conflicts.

By David. Do not fret because of evil doers, Be not envious against doers of iniquity, — read the full passage →

For the holy ones who <FI>are<Fi> in the land, And the honourable, all my delight <FI>is<Fi> in them.

Thou hast said to Jehovah, `My Lord Thou <FI>art<Fi> ;' My good <FI>is<Fi> not for thine own sake;

For he hath said, `It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'

`And it hath been--if thou hast not delighted in her, that thou hast sent her away at her desire, and thou dost not at all sell her for money; thou dost not tyrannize over her, because that thou hast humbled her.

only in thy fathers hath Jehovah delighted--to love them, and He doth fix on their seed after them--on you, out of all the peoples as <FI>at<Fi> this day;

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses--for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

Not in the might of the horse doth He delight, Not in the legs of a man is He pleased. — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah! For <FI>it is<Fi> good to praise our God, For pleasant--comely <FI>is<Fi> praise.

Unless Thy law <FI>were<Fi> my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, a habitation Thou--Thou hast been, To us--in generation and generation, — read the full passage →

Because better <FI>is<Fi> Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.

Taste ye and see that Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> good, O the happiness of the man who trusteth in Him.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

And Haman cometh in, and the king saith to him, `What--to do with the man in whose honour the king hath delighted?' And Haman saith in his heart, `To whom doth the king delight to do honour more than myself?'

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

And Hannah prayeth, and saith: `My heart hath exulted in Jehovah, My horn hath been high in Jehovah, My mouth hath been large over mine enemies, For I have rejoiced in Thy salvation.

And Moses goeth up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, the top of Pisgah, which <FI>is<Fi> on the front of Jericho, and Jehovah sheweth him all the land--Gilead unto Dan, — read the full passage →

and Jehovah thy God hath made thee abundant in every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good; for Jehovah turneth back to rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers,