108 Bible verses about Delighting in the Lord

Psalm 37:4 says, "Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Think about what it really means to delight in something. It's about experiencing deep happiness and satisfaction in what brings you true joy. And the Bible teaches us that true joy is only found in God.

When you delight in God, it puts everything else into perspective. Your worries and struggles become smaller because you recognize that He's ultimately in control. It strengthens your relationship with Him, draws you closer to His presence, and helps you trust His promises completely.

Delighting in God also cultivates an attitude of gratitude. You start to see all the good things in your life as blessings from His love and care. It doesn't mean ignoring your responsibilities or pretending challenges don't exist. Instead, it's about finding the strength and wisdom in Him to face them with confidence and a positive outlook.

Truly, delighting in God leads to a full and meaningful life. It's where you'll find genuine satisfaction and discover the purpose He has for you. So, in the midst of all the demands and distractions of this world, remember that only in God will you find the delight your heart truly longs for.

I delight myself in Your laws; I do not forget Your word.

Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. For Your Name is called on me, O יהוה  Elohim of hosts.

“He trusted in יהוה, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, seeing He has delighted in Him!”

Rejoice in יהוה  always, again I say, rejoice!

You show me the path of life; In Your presence is joy to satisfaction; At Your right hand are pleasures forever.

I greatly rejoice in יהוה, my being exults in my Elohim. For He has put garments of deliverance on me, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

And delight yourself in יהוה, And let Him give you the desires of your heart.

I have delighted to do Your pleasure, O my Elohim, And Your Torah is within my heart.”

But his delight is in the Torah of יהוה, And he meditates in His Torah day and night.

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man, Who fears יהוה, Who has greatly delighted in His commands.

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Then he said to them, “Go, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom none is prepared. For this day is set-apart to our יהוה. Do not be sad, for the joy of יהוה  is your strength.”

One matter I asked of יהוה  – this I seek: To dwell in the House of יהוה  All the days of my life, To see the pleasantness of יהוה, And to inquire in His Hĕ

“And they captured walled cities and a rich land, and possessed houses filled with all good, cisterns already dug, vineyards, and olive-trees, and fruit trees, in plenty. So they ate and were satisfied and grew fat, and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.

Oh, taste and see that יהוה  is good; Blessed is the man that takes refuge in Him!

then you shall delight yourself in יהוה. And I shall cause you to ride on the heights of the earth, and feed you with the inheritance of Yaʽ

Make me walk in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.

I rejoice and exult in You; I sing praise to Your Name, O Most High.

Then you shall certainly delight in the Almighty, and lift up your face to Eloah,

If Your Torah had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

When anxiety was great within me, Your comforts delighted my being.

He does not delight in the strength of the horse, He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

“Why do you weigh out silver for what is not bread, and your labour for what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to Me, and eat what is good, and let your being delight itself in fatness.

Thus said יהוה  to this people, “So they have loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet. Therefore יהוה  has not accepted them. Now He does remember their crookedness and punish their sins.”

“Then I was beside Him, a master workman, And I was His delight, day by day Rejoicing before Him all the time,

“Rejoicing in the world, His earth; And my delights were with the sons of men.

Who is an Ě

That I might delight myself in Your commands, Which I have loved;

Your witnesses are my inheritance forever, For they are the joy of my heart.

And the Elohim of expectation fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you overflow with expectation by the power of the Set-apart Spirit.

The orders of יהוה  are straight, rejoicing the heart; The command of יהוה  is clear, enlightening the eyes;

The steps of a man are ordered by יהוה, And He delights in his way.

whom having not seen, you love; in whom you exult with unspeakable and esteemed joy, yet not seeing, but believing,

“These words I have spoken to you, so that My joy might be in you, and that your joy might be complete.

You are my hiding place and my shield; I have waited for Your word.

For You have made me rejoice with Your work, O יהוה, I shout for joy at the works of Your hands.

Serve יהוה  with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.

For יהוה  takes pleasure in His people; He embellishes the meek ones with deliverance.

“יהוה  your Elohim in your midst, is mighty to save. He rejoices over you with joy, He is silent in His love, He rejoices over you with singing.”

I have rejoiced in the way of Your witnesses, As over all riches.

Be glad in יהוה  and exult, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

This is the day יהוה  has made, Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

My being is satisfied as with marrow and fat, And my mouth praises You with singing lips.

When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.

“See, Ě

And you shall draw water with joy from the fountains of deliverance.

Yet I exult in יהוה, I rejoice in the Elohim of my deliverance.

For our heart does rejoice in Him, For we have put our trust in His set-apart Name.

I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure.

And not only this, but we also exult in Elohim through our Master יהושע  Messiah, through whom we have now received the restoration to favour.

For the rest, my brothers, rejoice in יהוה. To write the same matters to you is truly no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.

I exult and rejoice in Your kindness, For You have seen my affliction; You have known the distresses of my life,

Rejoice in יהוה, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of His Set-apartness.

Excellency and splendour are before Him, Strength and gladness are in His place.

For You have made him most blessed forever; You have made him glad with the joy of Your presence.

Also, in the path of Your right-rulings, O יהוה, we have waited for You; the longing of our being is for Your Name and for the remembrance of You.

As a deer longs for the water streams, So my being longs for You, O Elohim.

Rejoice always,

pray without ceasing,

in all circumstances give thanks, for this is the desire of Elohim in Messiah יהושע  for you.

But let my own being exult in יהוה ; Let it rejoice in His deliverance.

For a day in Your courts Is better than a thousand days. I have chosen rather to be a doorkeeper In the House of my Elohim, Than to dwell in the tents of the wrong.

“But do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names have been written in the heavens.”

Blessed are the people Who know the festal trumpet-call! They walk, O יהוה, in the light of Your face.

In Your Name they rejoice all day long, And they are exalted in Your righteousness .

And the peace of Elohim, which surpasses all understanding, shall guard your hearts and minds through Messiah יהושע.

Your witnesses also are my delight, My counsellors.

My meditation on Him is sweet; I rejoice in יהוה.

How sweet to my taste has Your word been, More than honey to my mouth!

My being has guarded Your witnesses, And I love them exceedingly.

To see the good of Your chosen ones, To rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, To make my boast with Your inheritance.

rejoicing in the expectancy, enduring under pressure, continuing steadfastly in prayer;

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness,

יהוה  is my strength, and my shield; My heart has trusted in Him, and I have been helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I thank Him.

“Until now you have asked naught in My Name. Ask, and you shall receive, in order that your joy might be complete.

For He has satisfied a longing being, And has filled the hungry being with goodness.

My lips shout for joy when I sing to You, Even my being, which You have redeemed.

And we write this to you in order that your joy might be complete.

Distress and anguish have found me; Your commands are my delight.

Blessed is he who has the Ě

Blessed are the people who have it so; Blessed are the people whose Elohim is יהוה!

יהוה  shall reign. The earth rejoices. Many isles are glad!

And the ransomed of יהוה  shall return and enter Tsiyon with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Their heart has become like fat, Without feeling; I have delighted in Your Torah.

A glad heart makes good a face, But by sorrow of heart the spirit is stricken.

“But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; for look, I create Yerushalayim a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

“And I shall rejoice in Yerushalayim, and shall joy in My people, and let the voice of weeping no more be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have torn off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to slaughter, and to destroy. I have come that they might possess life, and that they might possess it beyond measure.

‘You have made known to me the ways of life, You shall fill me with joy in Your presence.’

“For יהוה  shall comfort Tsiyon, He shall comfort all her waste places. For He makes her wilderness like Ě

They are filled from the fatness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.

And being persuaded of this, I know that I shall stay and continue with you all, for your progress and joy of belief,

He who acts wisely concerning the Word finds good, And blessed is he who trusts in יהוה.

יהוה  shall do great deeds for us, We shall be glad.

That I might come to the altar of Elohim, To Ě

Let Your compassions come to me, That I might live, For Your Torah is my delight.

I have longed for Your deliverance, O יהוה, And Your Torah is my delight.

But the meek ones shall inherit the earth, And delight themselves in plenty of peace.

and my spirit has rejoiced in Elohim my Saviour.

Because Your kindness is better than life, My lips do praise You.

You shall increase the nation; You shall make its joy great. They shall rejoice before You, as in the joy of harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, And the man who gets understanding;

Satisfy us in the morning with Your kindness, And let us sing for joy all our days!

For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing.

For the reign of Elohim is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Set-apart Spirit.

And let them sing of the ways of יהוה, For great is the esteem of יהוה.

The Torah of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Blessed is the one You choose, And bring near to dwell in Your courts. We are satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your set-apart Hĕ

Come, let us sing to יהוה! Let us raise a shout to the Rock of our deliverance.

Let us come before His face with thanksgiving; Let us raise a shout to Him in song.

In fact, even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the offering and service of your belief, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

Boast in His set-apart Name, Let the hearts of those seeking יהוה  rejoice!

My being has longed, and even fainted, For the courts of יהוה ; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living Ě

Great peace have those loving Your Torah, And for them there is no stumbling-block.

Why are you depressed, O my being? And why are you restless within me? Wait for Elohim: for I shall yet thank Him, the deliverance of my face, And my Elohim.

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