In yesterday’s sermon, we heard a brief example of how the Psalms show us it’s right and good to pursue great pleasure in God. Below are additional verses from the Psalter that further highlight this point. May these verses spur you on toward great delight in the supremacy of Christ.
- You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound (Ps. 4:7)
- Let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy (5:11)
- I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High (9:2)
- I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation (13:5)
- You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore (16:11)
- May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners (20:5)
- I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction (31:7)
- Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart (32:11)
- Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous (33:1)
- My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad (34:2)
- Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his salvation (35:9)
- Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart (37:4)
- May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you (34:16)
- I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy (43:4)
- Restore to me the joy of your salvation (51:12)
- Let the righteous one rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in him! Let all the upright in heart exult! (64:10)
- Shout for joy to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise (66:1-2)
- Let the nations be glad and sing for joy (67:4)
- The righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy (68:3)
- May all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you (70:4)
- My lips will shout for joy, when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have redeemed (71:23)
- Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob (81:1)
- How lovely is your dwelling place,
- O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God (84:1)
- Blessed are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face, who exult in your name all the day and in your righteousness are exalted (89:15-16)
- Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days (90:14)
- For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy (92:4)
- Serve the Lord with gladness (100:2)
- May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord (104:34)
- Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice (105:3)
- For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things (107:9)
- Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments (112:1)
- This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it (118:24)
- The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad (126:3)