PSALM 37:4

“Take delight in the Lord”

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TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT

This psalm says to go through and along with the abundance and glory of God in order to realize our innermost desires.

To get what Psalm 37:4 means in detail, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context  and relative popularity.

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Verse (KJV) with Popularity

“Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Very high popularity: 12,100 searches a month  Popularity relative to other verses in Psalm chapter 37 using average monthly Google searches. 12,100 searches a month

Psalm 37:4 Translation & Meaning What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1]. KJV Verse  Original Hebrew Meaning/ Definition  This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. More  Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. “ Delight thyself ” וְהִתְעַנַּ֥ג To be soft or pliable, i.e., (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious Delight thyself “ also in ” עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications also “ the Lord; ” יְהוָ֑ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord “ and he shall give ” וְיִֽתֶּן To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) give “ thee the desires ” מִשְׁאֲלֹ֥ת A request desires “ of thine heart. ” לִבֶּֽךָ׃ The heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything thine heart

Verse Context See Psalm 37:4 with its adjacent verses in bold below. Follow either of the two large buttons below to see these verses in their broader context of the King James Bible or a Bible concordance. Very High Verse Search Popularity Levels What do people search for? Use the scale on the left to tell how often the verses below are googled compared to each other. High Medium Low Very Low 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

4 Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Sources: The King James Bible (1611) and Strong's Concordance (1890) with Hebrew and Greek dictionaries are sourced from the BibleForgeDB database (https://github.com/bibleforge) within the BibleForge project (http://bibleforge.com). Popularity rankings are based on search volume data from the Google AdWords Keyword Planner tool.

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