Psalms 36:4
Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.
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In Context
3Hope in the Lord and do good, and dwell in the land, and so you shall be pastured with its riches.
5Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it.
Cross References
1 Samuel 19:11Therefore, Saul sent his guards to David’s house, so that they might watch for him, and so that he might be killed in the morning. And after Michal, his wife, had reported this to David, saying, “Unless you save yourself this night, tomorrow you will die,”
Esther 6:4And immediately the king said, “Who is in the atrium?” For, you see, Haman was entering the inner atrium of the king’s house to suggest to the king that he should order Mordecai to be hanged on the gallows, which had been prepared for him.
Psalms 38:12I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand. For you have chastised man for iniquity. And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider. Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted.
Proverbs 24:2For their mind meditates on robberies, and their lips speak deceptions.
Isaiah 65:2I have extended my hands all day long to an unbelieving people, who advance along a way that is not good, following their own thoughts,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 36:2-5
The Character of the Wicked. 1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. 2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. David, in the title of this psalm, is styled the servant of the Lord; why in this, and not in any… Read the whole commentary →