Psalms 20:4

May He grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.

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WEBBE

May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfil all your counsel.

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.

ASV

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

BBE

May he give you your heart's desire, and put all your purposes into effect.

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יִתֶּן־ yi·ten- may he give H5414 לְךָ le·kha to you H9031 כִלְבָבֶךָ khil·va·ve·kha according to heart your H3824 וְכָל־ ve·khol and every H3605 עֲצָתְךָ 'a·tza·te·kha plan your H6098 יְמַלֵּא ye·ma·le' may he fulfill H4390

The early church

"Diapsalma." The Lord render to Thee according to Thine Heart" (ver. 4). The Lord render to Thee, not according to their heart, who thought by persecution they could destroy Thee; but according to Thine Heart, wherein Thou knewest what profit Thy passion would have. "And fulfil all Thy counsel." "And fulfil all Thy counsel," not only that whereby Thou didst lay down Thy life for Thy friends, that the corrupted grain might rise again to more abundance; but that also whereby "blindness in part hath happened unto Israel, that the fulness of the Gentiles might enter in, and so an Israel might be saved."
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Expositions on the Psalms

Commentary

Spurgeon · Verse 4

"Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel." Christ's desire and counsel were both set upon the salvation of his people; the church of old desired for him good speed in his design, and the church in these latter days, with all her heart desires the complete fulfilment of his purpose. In Christ Jesus sanctified souls may appropriate this verse as a promise; they shall have their desire, and their plans to glorify their Master shall succeed. We may have our own will, when our will is God's will. This was always the case with our Lord, and yet he said, "not as I will, but as thou wilt." What need for submission in our case; if it was necessary to him, how much more for us?

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.