Psalms 20:4
2 May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.
3 May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah
May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
5 May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.
6 Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
- KJV
- Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
- WEB
- May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.
- ASV
- Grant thee thy heart`s desire, And fulfil all thy counsel.
- DARBY
- Grant thee according to thy heart, and fulfil all thy counsels.
- BLB
- may He give to you according to your heart, and fulfill all your counsel.
- ÅB
- Måtte han gi deg ditt hjertets begjær,
og fullbyrde alle dine planer! - OTB
- Måtte Han gi deg ditt hjertes ønske
Og oppfylle alle dine planer! - B1930
- Han gi dig efter ditt hjerte og fullbyrde alt ditt råd!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 145:19
He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
Read in contextPsalms 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Read in contextMatthew 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Read in contextPsalms 21:2
You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
Read in contextJohn 16:23
In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
Read in contextRomans 8:27–28
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Read in contextProverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
Read in context1 John 5:14–15
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
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