11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 37:4
Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- KJV King James Version
- Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And delight yourself on YHWH, || And He gives to you the petitions of your heart.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Find your happiness in the Lord, and he will give you what you want the most.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.
- DBY Darby Translation
- and delight thyself in Jehovah, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Also delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 36:4 in this edition
- Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִתְעַנַּ֥ג | wə·hiṯ·‘an·naḡ | Delight yourself | H6026 עָנֹג to delight |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | in | H5921 עַל upon |
| יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| וְיִֽתֶּן־ | wə·yit·ten- | and He will give | H5414 נָתַן to give: give |
| לְ֝ךָ֗ | lə·ḵā | you | H9005 ל to/for |
| מִשְׁאֲלֹ֥ת | miš·’ă·lōṯ | the desires | H4862 מִשְׁאָלָה petition |
| לִבֶּֽךָ׃ | lib·be·ḵā | of your heart | H3820 לֵב heart |
Related verses
- John 15:7
If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
- Psalm 145:19
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- John 15:16
You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- Isaiah 58:14
then you shall delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father:” for Yahweh’s mouth has spoken it.
- 1 John 5:14–15
This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
- Psalm 21:1–2
The king rejoices in your strength, Yahweh! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation! You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.
- Job 22:26
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.
- 1 Peter 1:8
whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory—
- Psalm 104:34
Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.
- Job 27:10
Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
3 Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:
6 he will make your righteousness go out as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
Read all of Psalm 37 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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