Psalms 20:4

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

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Read Psalms 20:4 in the flow of Psalms20 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Psalms20 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Grant thee thy heart’s desire, And fulfil all thy counsel.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 20:4 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 13:23But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”
  2. 1 Samuel 26:19Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
  3. 2 Samuel 24:23O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 9:12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
  5. Psalms 21:2You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah
  6. Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
  7. Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
  8. Proverbs 11:23The desire of the righteous leads only to good, but the hope of the wicked brings wrath.
  9. Matthew 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
  10. John 11:42I 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.”
  11. John 16:23In 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.
  12. Romans 8:27And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
  13. 1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.

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