Psalms 21:2
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
Psalms 21:2 in other translations
| BSB | You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah |
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| WEB | You have given him his heart’s desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. |
| ASV | Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, And hast not withholden the request of his lips. [Selah |
| YLT | The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah. |
| DARBY | Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. |
| BBE | You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.) |
| Webster | Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. |
What does Psalms 21:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 21:1-6
Happy the people whose king makes God's strength his confidence, and God's salvation his joy; who is pleased with all the advancements of God kingdom, and trusts God to support him in all he does for the service of it. All our blessings are blessings of goodness, and are owing, not to any merit of ours, but only to God's goodness. But when God's blessings come sooner, and prove richer than we imagine; when they are…
Psalms 21:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 21:2
- Psalms 37:4
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
- Psalms 20:4-5
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.
- Psalms 2:8-9
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
- Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
- Isaiah 49:6-12
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. …
- Psalms 92:11
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
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Context
- Psalms 21:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
- Psalms 21:2
Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
- Psalms 21:3
For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
Psalms 21:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El deseo de su corazón le diste, y no le negaste lo que sus labios pronunciaron. (Selah.) |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Éternel! le roi se réjouira en ta force, et combien s’égaiera-t-il en ton salut! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Den Wunsch seines Herzens hast du ihm gegeben, und das Verlangen seiner Lippen nicht verweigert. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Deus, Deus meus, respice in me: quare me dereliquisti? longe a salute mea verba delictorum meorum. |