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Psalm 37

Psa. 37:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Delight
`anag (Hebrew #6026)
to be soft or pliable, i.e. (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious
KJV usage: delicate(-ness), (have) delight (self), sport self.
Pronounce: aw-nag'
Origin: a primitive root
n thyself also in the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
; and he shall give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
thee the desires
mish'alah (Hebrew #4862)
a request
KJV usage: desire, petition.
Pronounce: mish-aw-law'
Origin: from 7592
of thine heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
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Isa. 58:14• 14then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah, and I will cause thee to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. (Isa. 58:14)

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Delight.
Psa. 43:4• 4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto the *God of the gladness of my joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God. (Psa. 43:4)
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Psa. 104:34• 34My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah. (Psa. 104:34)
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Job 27:10• 10Doth he delight himself in the Almighty? will he at all times call upon +God? (Job 27:10)
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Job 34:9• 9For he hath said, It profiteth not a man if he delight himself in God. (Job 34:9)
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Song of Sol. 2:3• 3As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons: In his shadow have I rapture and sit down; And his fruit is sweet to my taste. (Song of Sol. 2:3)
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Isa. 58:14• 14then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah, and I will cause thee to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken. (Isa. 58:14)
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1 Peter 1:8• 8whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom though not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with the glory, (1 Peter 1:8)
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Psa. 21:1‑2• 1To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, Jehovah; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice.
 2Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. (Psa. 21:1‑2)
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Psa. 145:19• 19He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and saveth them. (Psa. 145:19)
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John 15:7,16• 7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall come to pass to you.
 16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and that ye should bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you. (John 15:7,16)
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1 John 5:14‑15• 14And this is the boldness which we have towards him, that if we ask him anything according to his will he hears us.
 15And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. (1 John 5:14‑15)
• Next, delight thyself in Jehovah: He will give the desires of the heart. Holy desires, which have Himself for their object, will be satisfied. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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