the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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THE MESSAGE
Psalms 37:4
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Take delight in the Lord,and he will give you your heart’s desires.
Also delight yourself in the LORD, And he will give you the desires of your heart.
Delight thyself also in the Lord : and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Delight yourself in the Lord , and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Enjoy serving the Lord , and he will give you what you want.
Then you will take delight in the Lord , and he will answer your prayers.
Delight yourself in the LORD, And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart.
Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Also delight yourself in Yahweh, And he will give you the desires of your heart.
And delite thy selfe in the Lorde, and hee shall giue thee thine hearts desire.
Delight yourself in Yahweh;And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Do what the Lord wants, and he will give you your heart's desire.
Then you will delight yourself in Adonai , and he will give you your heart's desire.
and delight thyself in Jehovah, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
Enjoy serving the Lord , and he will give you whatever you ask for.
Trust in the LORD; and he shall give you the desires of your heart.
Seek your happiness in the Lord , and he will give you your heart's desire.
Take pleasure in Yahweh as well, and he will give to you the requests of your heart.
And delight yourself in Jehovah, that He may give you your heart's desire.
Delyte thou in the LORDE, & he shal geue the thy hertes desyre.
Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
So will your delight be in the Lord, and he will give you your heart's desires.
So shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and He shall give thee the petitions of thy heart.
Delight thy selfe also in the Lord; and he shall giue thee the desires of thine heart.
Delight thou also in God: and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire.
Delight thyself in the Lord; and he shall grant thee the requests of thine heart.
Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Delite thou in the Lord; and he schal yyue to thee the axyngis of thin herte.
Delight yourself also in Yahweh; And he will give you the desires of your heart.
Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
Take delight in the Lord , and he will give you your heart's desires.
Be happy in the Lord. And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Take delight in the Lord , and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Yea, rest thy delight on Yahweh, that he may give thee the requests of thy heart.
(36-4) Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.
Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.
Delight yourself in the Lord ; And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Delight: Psalms 43:4, Psalms 104:34, Job 27:10, Job 34:9, Song of Solomon 2:3, Isaiah 58:14, 1 Peter 1:8
and: Psalms 21:1, Psalms 21:2, Psalms 145:19, John 15:7, John 15:16, 1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 7:3 - all that 1 Kings 10:13 - all her desire Job 22:26 - shalt thou Psalms 4:7 - put Psalms 10:17 - Lord Psalms 20:4 - General Psalms 73:25 - Whom Psalms 81:10 - open Proverbs 10:24 - the desire Proverbs 11:23 - desire Proverbs 16:3 - thy works Isaiah 58:9 - shalt thou Isaiah 64:5 - rejoiceth Mark 11:23 - whatsoever Philippians 3:1 - rejoice 1 Timothy 4:8 - having
Cross-References
Esau seethed in anger against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him; he brooded, "The time for mourning my father's death is close. And then I'll kill my brother Jacob."
Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons because he was the child of his old age. And he made him an elaborately embroidered coat. When his brothers realized that their father loved him more than them, they grew to hate him—they wouldn't even speak to him.
Joseph had a dream. When he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. He said, "Listen to this dream I had. We were all out in the field gathering bundles of wheat. All of a sudden my bundle stood straight up and your bundles circled around it and bowed down to mine."
His brothers had gone off to Shechem where they were pasturing their father's flocks. Israel said to Joseph, "Your brothers are with flocks in Shechem. Come, I want to send you to them." Joseph said, "I'm ready."
They spotted him off in the distance. By the time he got to them they had cooked up a plot to kill him. The brothers were saying, "Here comes that dreamer. Let's kill him and throw him into one of these old cisterns; we can say that a vicious animal ate him up. We'll see what his dreams amount to."
Eliab, his older brother, heard David fraternizing with the men and lost his temper: "What are you doing here! Why aren't you minding your own business, tending that scrawny flock of sheep? I know what you're up to. You've come down here to see the sights, hoping for a ringside seat at a bloody battle!"
I've got more enemies than hairs on my head; Sneaks and liars are out to knife me in the back. What I never stole Must I now give back?
It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this. I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm stand on these matters so that those who have put their trust in God will concentrate on the essentials that are good for everyone. Stay away from mindless, pointless quarreling over genealogies and fine print in the law code. That gets you nowhere. Warn a quarrelsome person once or twice, but then be done with him. It's obvious that such a person is out of line, rebellious against God. By persisting in divisiveness he cuts himself off. As soon as I send either Artemas or Tychicus to you, come immediately and meet me in Nicopolis. I've decided to spend the winter there. Give Zenas the lawyer and Apollos a hearty send-off. Take good care of them. Our people have to learn to be diligent in their work so that all necessities are met (especially among the needy) and they don't end up with nothing to show for their lives. All here want to be remembered to you. Say hello to our friends in the faith. Grace to all of you.
We must not be like Cain, who joined the Evil One and then killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because he was deep in the practice of evil, while the acts of his brother were righteous. So don't be surprised, friends, when the world hates you. This has been going on a long time.
If anyone boasts, "I love God," and goes right on hating his brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. If he won't love the person he can see, how can he love the God he can't see? The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You've got to love both.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Delight thyself also in the Lord,.... In the persons in God, Father, Son, and Spirit; in the perfections of God, his power, goodness, faithfulness, wisdom, love, grace, and mercy; in his works of creation, providence, and redemption; in his word, his Gospel, the truths and ordinances of it; in his house, and the worship of it; and in his people, the excellent in the earth, in whom was all the delight of the psalmist; and each of these afford a field of delight and pleasure, to attend unto, contemplate, and meditate upon;
and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart; such as are according to the will of God, and for the good of his people; such as relate to communion with him, and to the communication of more grace from him, and to the enjoyment of eternal glory.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Delight thyself also in the - Lord. The word rendered âdelightâ means properly to live delicately and effeminately; then, to be tender or delicate; then, to live a life of ease or pleasure; then, to find delight or pleasure in anything. The meaning here is, that we should seek our happiness in God - in his being, his perfections, his friendship, his love.
And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart - literally, the âaskings,â or the ârequestsâ of thy heart. What you really âdesireâ will be granted to you. That is,
(a) the fact that you seek your happiness in him will regulate your desires, so that you will be âdisposedâ to ask only those things which it will be proper for him to grant; and
(b) the fact that you do find your happiness in him will be a reason why he will grant your desires.
The fact that a child loves his father, and finds his happiness in doing his will, will do much to regulate his own âwishesâ or âdesires,â and will at the same thee be a reason why the father will be disposed to comply with his requests.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 37:4. Delight thyself also in the Lord — Expect all thy happiness from him, and seek it in him.
The desires of thine heart. — ×ש×××ת mishaloth, the petitions. The godly man never indulges a desire which he cannot form into a prayer to God.
