Psalm 20:4

Translations

Modern

May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Traditional

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Literal

…may He give to you according to your heart, and fulfill all your counsel.

Latin

Tribuat tibi secundum cor tuum, et omne consilium tuum confirmet.

Original

Hebrew

English

May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Notes

Psalms 20:4–5

make all your plans succeed … grant all your petitions: These requests might be those mentioned in Psalm 21:3–6 (compare 27:4).

Psalms 20:1–5

The community prays for the king’s protection and victory.

Psalms 20:1–9

This royal prayer asks God to give victory to the king (Psalm 20:1–5). It then expresses confidence that God will bring rescue (20:6–8). The psalm ends with the people asking God to answer their prayer (20:9).

Psalms 20:1–24:10

This series of psalms shows a journey from confidence and commitment (Psalms 20–21), through anguish and abandonment (Psalm 22), and finally to comfort, insight, and hope (Psalms 23–24).

Theme notes and profiles

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Related verses

Psalm 145:19
He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Matthew 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Psalm 21:2
You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
John 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.
Romans 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.
Proverbs 11:23
The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
1 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.
John 11:42
I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”

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Psalm 20:4

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