and fulfil all your plans.
May we shout for joy over your victory,
and in the name of our God set up our banners.
May the Lord fulfil all your petitions.
The translation of the first verse above too easily misleads a modern reader.
The King James version offers: "Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel."
Another older version: "He doth give to thee according to thy heart, And all thy counsel doth fulfil."
יִתֶּן-לְךָ כִלְבָבֶךָ; וְכָל-עֲצָתְךָ יְמַלֵּא.
I read: Extend your inner being -- mind, knowledge, memory, inclination -- and fulfill your purpose.
Which, at least in my own case, could be the complete opposite of my plans and "heart's desire."
Psalm 20
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