Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Psalms 37:4

“Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”

Psalms 37:4 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 37:4, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Psalms 37. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 13 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • John 15:7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
  • Psalms 145:19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
  • John 15:16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my n…
  • Isaiah 58:14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD h…
  • 1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
  • Psalms 21:1The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
  • Job 22:26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
  • 1 Peter 1:8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
  • Psalms 104:34My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
  • Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
  • Psalms 43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
  • Song of Solomon 2:3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
  • Job 34:9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

More to meet God in Psalms

Psalms 23:1Psalms 46:10Psalms 91:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 139:14Psalms 34:18Psalms 118:24Psalms 46:1Psalms 121:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 51:10Psalms 118:6Psalms 30:5Psalms 55:22

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.