Psalms 37:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give{H8799)} thee the desires of thine heart.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִתְעַנַּ֥ג עַל־יְהוָ֑ה וְיִֽתֶּן־לְ֝ךָ֗ מִשְׁאֲלֹ֥ת לִבֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

And hitʿannag upon YHWH, and he will give to you mišʾălōt [of] your lēb.

Grammar Details

*hitʿannag*: Hithpael imperative, masculine singular - delight yourself
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh
*yitten*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will give
*ləkā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*mišʾălōt*: feminine plural construct - requests/petitions/desires of
*libbeka*: masculine singular noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart

Word Meanings

*hitʿannag*: delight yourself/take pleasure in/enjoy
*mišʾălōt libbeka*: desires of your heart/petitions of your heart/requests of your heart

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 15:7 : 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Ps 145:19 : 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Isa 58:14 : 14 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 it.
John 15:16 : 16 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 may give it you.
1 John 5:14-15 : 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Job 22:26 : 26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
Ps 21:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
Job 27:10 : 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Ps 104:34 : 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
1 Pet 1:8 : 8 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:
Ps 43:4 : 4 Then will I go{H8799)} unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise{H8686)} thee, O God my God.
Song 2:3 : 3 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.
Job 34:9 : 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

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