For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Said to people in exile: God’s thoughts toward you are peace and a future with hope.
Psalm 37:4
Delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
KJVPsalm 37:4 in context
1Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 3Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. 6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 7Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Israel’s prayer book: songs of trust, lament, thanks and praise, many of them by David.
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