20:4 May he grant your heart’s desire; 1
may he bring all your plans to pass! 2
21:2 You grant 3 him his heart’s desire;
you do not refuse his request. 4 (Selah)
33:21 For our hearts rejoice in him,
for we trust in his holy name.
37:15 Their swords will pierce 5 their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.
38:9 O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; 6
my groaning is not hidden from you.
105:3 Boast about his holy name!
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
119:70 Their hearts are calloused, 7
but I find delight in your law.
1 tn Heb “may he give to you according to your heart.” This probably refers to the king’s prayer for protection and victory in battle. See vv. 5-6.
2 sn May he bring all your plans to pass. This probably refers to the king’s strategy for battle.
3 tn The translation assumes the perfect verbal forms in v. 2 are generalizing, stating factually what God typically does for the king. Another option is to take them as present perfects, “you have granted…you have not refused.” See v. 4, which mentions a specific request for a long reign.
4 tn Heb “and the request of his lips you do not refuse.”
5 tn Heb “enter into.”
6 tn Heb “O Lord, before you [is] all my desire.”
7 tn Heb “their heart is insensitive like fat.”