Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 NIV Desires – Before we dig deeper into this verse, let’s consider the typical Christian interpretation. Here’s an example: Psalm 37:3–4 Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD,…
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. Psalm 139:2 NASB Thought – God knows it all, right? He knows every thought you have, every fleeting desire, every inclination, every unvoiced declaration. We all agree. God knows us—perhaps better than we know ourselves. After all, He is the omniscient external…
I long for Your salvation, Lord, and Your Law is my delight. Psalm 119:174 NASB Long – Twice. The Hebrew tāʾeb is used only twice, here and in verse 40 of this psalm. The derivative, taʿăbâ, is only used once, in verse 20 of the same psalm. Psalm 119:40 “Behold, I long for Your precepts; . . .” Psalm…
Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it. Psalm 119:35 NASB Make me – What do you suppose would happen if you asked God to make you do something? If He responded to that request, do you think there is any chance it wouldn’t happen? Could you resist the ultimate omnipotence…
Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 NASB Will give you – What a great promise! Be greatly pleased with God and you’ll get everything your heart desires, right? Take pleasure in God and you’ll be guaranteed divinely provided health, wealth, and happiness (unless, of course, you desire…
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate. Genesis 3:6 N ASB Desirable – “Watchfulness is…
“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing?” Matthew 6:25 NASB Do not be worried – We often read Yeshua’s words in…
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate. Genesis 3:6 N ASB Desirable – “It is…
Then God said, “Let Us make man in in Our image, according to Our likeness;” Genesis 1:26a NASB Make – The striking difference between Christian and Jewish thought begins right here, with the creation of human beings. You might think that the two great religions share a common view of what it means to be human, but…
Now the rabble who were among them had greedy cravings; and the sons of Israel also wept again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat? Numbers 11:4 NASB Had greedy cravings – It’s unfortunate that English translations convert this Hebrew phrase into modern psychology. “Greedy cravings” removes the deeper impact of the Hebrew doubled word. …
