'Delight' in the Bible
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,And on His law [His precepts and teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night.
As for the saints (godly people) who are in the land,They are the majestic and the noble and the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
Delight yourself in the Lord,And He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart.
But the humble will [at last] inherit the landAnd will delight themselves in abundant prosperity and peace.
Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.
“I delight to do Your will, O my God;Your law is within my heart.”
Let those be ashamed and humiliated togetherWho seek my life to destroy it;Let those be turned back [in defeat] and dishonoredWho delight in my hurt.
By this I know that You favor and delight in me,Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.
For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,Nor did their own arm save them,But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,Because You favored and delighted in them.
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it;You are not pleased with burnt offering.
Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness,In burnt offering and whole burnt offering;Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.
They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];They delight in lies.They bless with [the words of] their mouths,But inwardly they curse. Selah.
Rebuke the beasts [living] among the reeds [in Egypt],The herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples;Trampling underfoot the pieces of silver;He has scattered the peoples who delight in war.
Let those be ashamed and humiliatedWho seek my life;Let them be turned back and humiliatedWho delight in my hurt.
Whom have I in heaven [but You]?And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,Your comforts delight me.
Great are the works of the Lord,Studied by all those who delight in them.
I will delight in Your statutes;I will not forget Your word.
Your testimonies also are my delightAnd my counselors.
Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,For I delight in it.
For I shall delight in Your commandments,Which I love.
Their heart is insensitive like fat [their minds are dull and brutal],But I delight in Your law.
Let Your compassion come to me that I may live,For Your law is my delight.
If Your law had not been my delight,Then I would have perished in my time of trouble.
Trouble and anguish have found me,Yet Your commandments are my delight and my joy.
I long for Your salvation, O Lord,And Your law is my delight.