Psalm 37:4: What "Delight Yourself in the Lord" Means
David wrote this psalm as an old man looking back on a lifetime of watching wicked people prosper while faithful people struggled. It is one of the most quoted verses in Scripture, and one of the most quietly misused. Before you decide what Psalm 37:4 means for you, it is worth sitting in the whole psalm, slowly, and letting David finish his thought. Photo by Ivan Baton on Pexels Quick answer Delighting yourself in the Lord means finding your deepest pleasure and satisfaction in who God is, not using God as a means to get what you already wanted. The verse promises that as you do this, God will shape and grant the desires of your heart, but the order matters: delight comes first, and it reshapes what you desire. It is not a spiritual technique for acquiring things. Read in its context, Psalm 37:4 sits inside a psalm about not envying the wicked their success, and about trusting God's timing over your own impatience. The promise is real, but it is a promise about character and con...