Passage
`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness--because they shall be filled.
`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness--because they shall be filled.
Matthew 5:4 `Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:5 `Happy the meek--because they shall inherit the land.
Matthew 5:6 `Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness--because they shall be filled.
Matthew 5:7 `Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness.
Matthew 5:8 `Happy the clean in heart--because they shall see God.
The verse centers on "happy", "hungering", "thirsting", "righteousness--because", "shall", and "filled". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "happy" and "hungering", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Happy the meek--because they shall inherit the..." into verse 7's "Happy the kind--because they shall find kindness...", so "happy" and "hungering" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "happy" and "hungering" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.