"The LORD delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as [it is] this day.

Then the king said to Zadok, "Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and show me [both] it and His dwelling place.

"But if He says thus: 'I have no delight in you,' here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him."

He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.

"Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness."

"He trusted in the LORD, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!"

He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him, In those who hope in His mercy.

You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; For the LORD delights in you, And your land shall be married.

'Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.'

The LORD your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet [you] with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing."

What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [can be] against us?

Then they told him, and said: "We went to the land where you sent us. It truly flows with milk and honey, and this [is] its fruit.