Job 22:26-27

22:26 Surely then you will delight yourself ¹  in the Almighty,

and will lift up your face toward God.

22:27 You will pray to him and he will hear you,

and you will fulfill your vows to him. ² 

Psalms 37:4

37:4 Then you will take delight in the Lord, ³ 

and he will answer your prayers. ⁴ 

Psalms 43:4

43:4 Then I will go ⁵  to the altar of God,

to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, ⁶ 

so that I express my thanks to you, ⁷  O God, my God, with a harp.

Habakkuk 3:18

3:18 I will rejoice because of ⁸  the Lord;

I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!

[22:26]  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).

[22:27]  ² tn The words “to him” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

[37:4]  ³ 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).

[37:4]  ⁴ tn Or “and he will give you what you desire most.” Heb “and he will grant to you the requests of your heart.”

[43:4]  ⁵ tn The cohortative expresses the psalmist’s resolve. Prefixed with the vav (ו) conjunctive it also expresses the result or outcome of the preceding verbs “lead” and “escort.”

[43:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “to God, the joy of my happiness.” The phrase “joy of my happiness” employs an appositional genitive. Synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the degree of the psalmist’s joy. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17-81.

[43:4]  ⁷ tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive probably indicates purpose (“so that”) or intention.

[3:18]  ⁸ tn Or “in.”