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Psalm 20:4 KJV
Psalms · chapter 20 · verse 4
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.Psalm 20:4 · King James Version
What Psalm 20:4 means
This is a blessing spoken over a king heading into battle rather than a promise made to a reader. According to thine own heart sounds like a blank cheque until you notice who is being prayed for, and what verse seven says about where his trust belongs.
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Psalm 20:4 in context
2Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
3Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
4Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
5We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
6Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 145:19
- Psalms 37:4
- Matthew 21:22
- Psalms 21:2
- John 16:23
- Romans 8:27-28
- Proverbs 11:23
- 1 John 5:14-15
Key words (Strong's)
- fulfilmâlêʼto fill or be full of, in a wide applicationH4390 →
- Grantnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- heartlêbâbthe heartH3824 →
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This prayer for David is entitled a psalm of David; nor was it any absurdity at all for him who was divinely inspired to draw up a directory, or form of prayer, to be used in the congregation for himself and those in authority under him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5