Discovery BoxPsalms 20:4 
Context20:4 May he grant your heart’s desire; 1
may he bring all your plans to pass! 2
Psalms 21:2
Context21:2 You grant 3 him his heart’s desire;
you do not refuse his request. 4 (Selah)
Psalms 33:21
Context33:21 For our hearts rejoice in him,
for we trust in his holy name.
Psalms 37:15
Context37:15 Their swords will pierce 5 their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.
Psalms 38:9
Context38:9 O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; 6
my groaning is not hidden from you.
Psalms 105:3
Context105:3 Boast about his holy name!
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
Psalms 119:70
Context119:70 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.”
