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 will delight myself in Thy chukkot; I will not forget Thy Davar.

Thy Devarim were found, and I did eat them; and Thy Davar was unto me the sasson and simchat levavi; for I am called by Thy Shem, Hashem Elohei Tzva'os.

[9] He trusted in Hashem; let Hashem rescue him; let Him deliver him, since He delights in him.

Have simcha in Adoneinu always; again I will say it: Rejoice!

Thou wilt show me the Orach Chayyim (the path of life); in Thy presence is fulness of joy, at Thy right hand there are pleasures netzach (for evermore).

I will greatly rejoice in Hashem, my nefesh shall be joyful in Elohai; for He hath clothed me with the Bigdei Yesha (Garments of Salvation), He hath covered me with Me'il Tzedakah (the Robe of Righteousness) like a Choson arrays himself with splendor, and like a Kallah adorneth herself with her jewels.

Delight thyself also in Hashem, and He shall give thee the desires of thine lev.

(9) I delight to do Thy will, O Elohai; yea, Thy torah is within my heart.

But his delight is in the Torat Hashem; and in His torah doth he meditate yomam v'lailah.

Praise Hashem. Ashrei is the ish that feareth Hashem, that delighteth greatly in His mitzvot.

And Channah davened, and said, My lev rejoiceth in Hashem, mine keren is exalted in Hashem; my mouth is opened wide over mine oyevim; because I rejoice with simchah in Thy Yeshuah (Salvation).

Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the choice foods, and drink the sweet things, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is kadosh unto Adoneinu; neither be ye grieving; for the chedvah (joy) of Hashem is your strength.

One thing have I asked of Hashem, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the Bais Hashem all the days of my life, to behold the gracefulness of Hashem, and to inquire in His Heikhal.

And they took fortified cities, and an adamah shemenah, and possessed batim full of all goods, wells dug, kramim, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance; so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

(9) O taste and see that Hashem is tov; ashrei is the man that taketh refuge in Him.

Then shalt thou delight in Hashem; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of eretz, and feed thee with the nachalat Ya'akov Avicha; for the mouth of Hashem hath spoken.

Make me to go in the path of Thy mitzvot; for therein do I delight.

(3) I will be glad and rejoice in Thee; I will sing praise to Thy Shem, O Thou Elyon.

For then shalt thou have thy delight in Shaddai, and shalt lift up thy face unto Eloah.

Unless Thy torah had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine oni.

In the multitude of my anxieties within me Thy comforts delight my nefesh.

He delighteth not in the gevurat hasus: He taketh not pleasure in the shokayim of an ish (legs of a man).

Why do ye spend kesef for that which is not lechem? And your labor for that which satisfieth not? Pay heed diligently unto Me, and eat ye that which is tov, and let your nefesh delight itself in deshen (the best food, the fat of the land).

Thus saith Hashem unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not restrained their raglayim, therefore Hashem doth not accept them; He will now remember their avon (iniquity), and visit their sins.

Then I was etzel (at the side of, beside [see Yn 1:1]) Him, as an Amon (master craftsman, builder, architect, artist); and I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him;Rejoicing in the tevel of His Eretz; and my delights were with the Bnei Adam.

Mee El kamocha (Who is a G-d like unto Thee), removing avon, and passing over peysha of the She'erit of His Nechalah? Hashem retaineth not His anger forever, because He delighteth in chesed.

And I will delight myself in Thy mitzvot, which I love.

Thy edot have I taken as a heritage forever: for they are the sasson lev of me.

May the Elohei HaTikvah (the G-d of hope) fill you with simcha and shalom in believing, that you may overflow in tikvah (hope), in the ko'ach (power) of the Ruach Hakodesh.

(9) The precepts of Hashem are yasharim (right), rejoicing the lev; the mitzvat Hashem is bara (clear, pure), enlightening the eyes.

The steps of a gever (man) konanu (are ordered, made firm) by Hashem and He delighteth in his derech.

He is the one for whom you have ahavah, even though you have not seen him. Though you do not now see him, you have emunah in him [as Moshiach] and rejoice with simcha inexpressible and full of kavod,

These things I have spoken to you that the simcha of me may be in you and the simcha of you may be made shleimah.

Thou art my seter (hiding place) and my mogen: I hope in Thy Devar.

(5) For Thou, Hashem, hast made me glad through Thy work; I will joy in the works of Thy hands.

Serve Hashem with simchah; come before His presence with joyful singing.

For Hashem taketh pleasure in His people; He will crown the meek with Yeshuah (salvation).

Hashem thy G-d in the midst of thee is gibbor; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with simchah; He will quiet [you] in His ahavah (love), He will joy over thee with singing.

I have rejoiced in the derech of Thy edot (testimonies), as much as in all riches.

Be glad in Hashem, and rejoice, ye tzaddikim; and shout for joy, all ye yishrei lev (upright in heart).

This is the yom which Hashem hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

(6) My nefesh shall be satisfied as with chelev (fat) and deshen (abundance); and my mouth shall praise Thee with lips of joyful singing;(7) When I remember Thee upon my bed, and meditate on Thee in the ashmurot (night watches).

Hinei, El is my Yeshuah (Salvation); I will trust, and not be afraid; for Hashem G-d is my strength and my zemirah; He also has become my Yeshuah (Salvation).Therefore with sasson shall ye draw mayim out of the wells of Yeshuah (Salvation).

Yet I will rejoice in Hashem, I will joy in the G-d of my salvation.

For libeinu (our heart) shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted b'Shem Kadsho (in His holy Name).

I rejoice at Thy imrah (word), as one that findeth great plunder.

Not only so, but we also glory in Hashem though Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu, through whom we have now received the ritztzuy (reconciliation, cessation of enmity, hostility between a wrathful holy G-d and sinful men).

As to the rest, Achim b'Moshiach of mine, have simcha in Adoneinu [1:25; 2:18,28,29; 4:4]. To keep writing the zelba thing [l:4,18; 1:25; 2:2,17,18, 28,29] to you is not an irksome bother to me, but for you it is a te’udat bitachon (safeguard).

(8) I will be glad and rejoice in Thy chesed; for Thou hast seen my affliction; Thou hast known the tzoros (troubles) of my nefesh;

Rejoice in Hashem, ye tzaddikim; and give thanks at the remembrance of His kodesh (holiness).

Hod and Hadar are in His presence; oz and chedvah (joy) are in His makom (place, home, dwelling).

[7] For Thou hast made him birkhot forever; Thou hast made him exceeding glad with simcha in Thy presence.

Indeed, in the orakh of Thy mishpatim, Hashem, have we waited for Thee; our ta'avat nefesh (yearning of soul) is for Thy Shem, and for the zekher (memory, remembrance) of Thee.

For the one directing Maskil for the Bnei Korah As the deer panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my nefesh after Thee, O Elohim.

Have simcha always.Daven unceasingly.In everything offer hodayah, for this is the ratzon Hashem in Moshiach Yehoshua for you.

And my nefesh shall rejoice in Hashem; it shall be joyful in His Yeshuah (salvation).

(11) For a yom in Thy khatzrot is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the Beis Elohai, than to dwell in the ohalim resha (tents of wickedness).

But in this do not have a lev sameach, on account of the ruchot submitting to you, but have lev sameach that your shemot have been inscribed in Shomayim.

(16) Ashrei is the people that know the joyful sound; they shall walk, Hashem, in the ohr (light) of Thy countenance.(17) In Thy Shem shall they rejoice kol hayom; and in Thy tzedakah shall they be exalted.

And the shalom Hashem [YESHAYAH 26:3; Yn 14:27; Co. 3:15], surpassing all binah (understanding), will guard your levavot and your machshavot (thoughts) in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.

Thy edot (testimonies) also are my delight and anshei atzati (my counsellors).

May my si'akh (musing, meditation) be acceptable to Him; I will have simchah in Hashem.

How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! Sweeter than devash to my mouth!

My nefesh is shomer over Thy edot (testimonies); and I love them exceedingly.

That I may see the good of Bechireicha (Thy chosen ones), that I may rejoice in the simchah of Thy nation, that I may glory with Thine nachalah (the people of Thy inheritance).

Have simcha in tikvah. Have zitzfleisch in tzoros. Keep davening tefillos.

But the p'ri of the Ruach HaKodesh is ahavah (agape), simcha (joy), shalom (peace), zitzfleisch (patience), nedivut (generosity, kindness), chesed (loving-kindness), ne'emanut (faithfulness),

Hashem is my strength and my mogen; my lev trusts in Him, and I am helped; therefore my lev greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I thank Him.

Until now you did not ask anything b'Shem of me. Ask and you will receive that the simcha of you may be shleimah.

For He satisfieth the longing nefesh, and filleth the hungry nefesh with the tov.

My lips shall shout for joy when I sing unto Thee; and my nefesh, which Thou hast purchased for redemption.

And these things we [Shlichim] write, that the simcha of us may be made shleimah.

Tzoros and anguish have taken hold on me; yet Thy mitzvot are my delight.

Ashrei is he that hath El Ya'akov for his ezer, whose hope is in Hashem Elohav:

Ashrei are such people; Ashrei is the people that Hashem is Elohav.

Hashem reigneth; let ha'aretz rejoice; let the multitude of isles thereof be glad.

And the Peduyei Hashem (ransomed ones of Hashem) shall return, and come to Tziyon with songs and simchat olam (everlasting joy) upon their heads; they shall obtain sasson (joy) and simchah (gladness), and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Their lev is callous like chelev; I delight in Thy torah.

A lev same'ach maketh a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of the lev the ruach is broken.

But be ye glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, hinei, I create Yerushalayim a rejoicing, and her people a joy.And I will rejoice in Yerushalayim, and joy in Ami; and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying out.

[12] Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with simcha;

The ganav does not come except in order that he may steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have Chayyim (Life) and that they may have it more abundantly. [TEHILLIM 65:11]

TODIEINI ORACH CHAYYIM SOVA SEMACHOT ES PANECHA ("You made known to me the path of Chayyim, you will fill me with simcha in your presence.") [TEHILLIM 16:8-11]

For Hashem shall comfort Tziyon; He will comfort all her ruins; and He will make her midbar like Eden, and her ruins like the Gan (Garden) of Hashem; sasson and simchah shall be found therein, todah, and the kol zimrah (the sound of singing).

(9) They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of Thy Beis [Hamikdash]; and Thou shalt give them to drink of Thy river of delight.

And having been convinced of this fact, I have da'as that I blaib (remain, continue unchanged) and will continue with all of you, for your advancement (1:12) and simcha of the [Orthodox Jewish] Emunah [cf. 1:27; 1Ti 3:9; 4:1,6; 5:8; 6:10,21; Yd 3],

He that wisely heeds the Davar shall find tov (good), and he who trusteth in Hashem, happy is he.

Hashem hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

Then will I go unto the Mizbe'ach of Elohim, unto El my exceeding joy; yea, upon the kinnor will I praise Thee, O Elohim Elohai.

Let Thy rachamim come unto me, that I may live: for Thy torah is my delight.

I have longed for Thy Yeshuah (salvation), Hashem; and Thy torah is my delight.

But the anavim (meek ones) shall inherit Eretz; and shall delight themselves in rov shalom (great peace; see Psa 119:165).

ALATZ LIBI BAHASHEM (My heart rejoices in Hashem SHMUEL ALEF 2:1) and my neshamah exalts in Hashem Yishi (G-d my savior, Moshi’a) CHABAKUK 3:18, [TEHILLIM 18:46; YESHAYAH 17:10; 61:10]

(4) Because Thy chesed is better than chayyim, my lips shall praise Thee.

(2) Thou shalt multiply the Goy (Nation), and increase its simchah; they joy before Thee according to the simchat baKatzir, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Ashrei (happy) is the man that findeth chochmah, and the man that getteth tevunah (understanding).

O satisfy us baboker with Thy chesed; that we may sing for joy and be glad kol yameinu (all our days).

(8) Because Thou hast been my help, therefore in the tzel (shadow) of Thy wings will I sing with joy.

For the Malchut Hashem is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of tzedek (righteousness, DANIEL 9:24), shalom (peace) and simcha b'Ruach Hakodesh.

Yes, they shall sing of the Darkhei Hashem; for gadol is the Kavod Hashem.

The torah of Thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of zahav and kesef.

(5) Ashrei is the one whom Thou choosest, and causest to come near unto Thee, that he may dwell in Thy khatzerot; we shall be satisfied with the tov of Thy Beis, even of Thy Heikhal Kodesh.

O come, let us sing unto Hashem; let us make a joyful noise to the Tzur of our salvation.Let us come before His presence with todah, and extol Him with zemirot (joyful songs).

And, indeed, if my neshamah is to be poured out as a nesekh (libation wine) offering upon the korban (sacrifice) of the avodas kodesh (kohen's service, ministry) of your emunah, I have simcha, rejoicing together with you all [cf. Ro 15:16; 2Ti 4:6].And in the same way also you have simcha, rejoicing together with me [l:4,18;1:25;2:2,17].

Glory ye in Shem Kadesho; let the lev of them rejoice that seek Hashem.

(3) My nefesh longeth, yea, even fainteth for the khatzrot Hashem (courts of Hashem); my lev and my basar crieth out for El Chai.

Great shalom have they which love Thy torah; nothing shall cause them to stumble.

Why art thou cast down, O my nefesh? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in Elohim; for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the Yeshu'ot of my countenance, and Elohai.

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