22:26 Surely then you will delight yourself 1 in the Almighty,
and will lift up your face toward God.
27:10 Will he find delight 2 in the Almighty?
Will he call out to God at all times?
34:9 For he says, ‘It does not profit a man
when he makes his delight with God.’ 3
36:8 They are filled with food from your house,
and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.
37:4 Then you will take delight in the Lord, 4
and he will answer your prayers. 5
37:11 But the oppressed will possess the land
and enjoy great prosperity. 6
3:18 I will rejoice because of 7 the Lord;
I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!
4:1 So then, my brothers and sisters, 8 dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!
1 tc This is the same verb as in Ps 37:4. G. R. Driver suggests the word comes from another root that means “abandon oneself to, depend on” (“Problems in the Hebrew text of Job,” VTSup 3 [1955]: 84).
2 tn See the note on 22:26 where the same verb is employed.
3 tn Gordis, however, takes this expression in the sense of “being in favor with God.”
4 tn Following the imperatives of v. 3 the prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) in v. 4 indicate result. Faith and obedience (v. 3) will bring divine blessing (v. 4).
5 tn Or “and he will give you what you desire most.” Heb “and he will grant to you the requests of your heart.”
6 tn Heb “and they will take delight in (see v. 4) abundance of peace.”
7 tn Or “in.”
8 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.