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Psalm 21:2

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21:2You grant3 him his heart’s desire;

you do not refuse his request.4

(Selah)

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Footnotes

  1. 3 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.
  2. 4 Heb “and the request of his lips you do not refuse.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You have given him his heart’s desire

and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You have granted him his heart’s desire

and have not withheld the request of his lips.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You have given him his heart’s desire

and have not denied the request of his lips.

Selah

NLTNew Living Translation

For you have given him his heart’s desire;

you have withheld nothing he requested.

Interlude

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You have given him the desire of his heart,

and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou hast given him his heart’s desire,

And hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.