Psalm 37:4
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָפֵץ
châphêts
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Key Terms in This Verse
חָפֵץ châphêts
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
Study H2654 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
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 ma...
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...
For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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