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Ps 104:34 King James My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
My meditation of him shall be sweet - That is, I will find pleasure in meditating on his character and works. See the notes at Psa 1:2. It is one of the characteristics of true piety that there is a "disposition" to think about God; that the mind is "naturally" drawn to that subject; that it does not turn away from it, when it is suggested; that this fills up the intervals of business in the day-time, and that it occupies the mind when wakeful at night. Psa 63:6. It is also a characteristic of true piety that there is "pleasure" in such meditations; happiness in thinking of God. The sinner has no such pleasure. The thought of God is painful to him; he does not desire to have it suggested to him; he turns away from it, and avoids it. Compare the notes at Isa 30:11. It is one of the evidences of true piety when a man "begins" to find pleasure in thinking about God; when the subject, instead of being unpleasant to him, becomes pleasant; when he no longer turns away from it, but is sensible of a desire to cherish the thought of God, and to know more of him.

I will be glad in the Lord - That is, I will rejoice that there is such a Being; I will seek my happiness in him as my God.
 
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11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.