Psalms 20:4

20:4 May he grant your heart’s desire; ¹ 

may he bring all your plans to pass! ² 

Psalms 90:17

90:17 May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! ³ 

Make our endeavors successful!

Yes, make them successful! ⁴ 

Lamentations 3:37

מ (Mem)

3:37 Whose command was ever fulfilled ⁵ 

unless the Lord ⁶  decreed it?

Matthew 21:22

21:22 And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, ⁷  you will receive.”

James 4:15

4:15 You ought to say instead, ⁸  “If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that.”

[20:4]  ¹ tn Heb “may he give to you according to your heart.” This probably refers to the king’s prayer for protection and victory in battle. See vv. 5-6.

[20:4]  ² sn May he bring all your plans to pass. This probably refers to the king’s strategy for battle.

[90:17]  ³ tn Heb “and may the delight of the Master, our God, be on us.” The Hebrew term נֹעַם (no’am, “delight”) is used in Ps 27:4 of the Lord’s “beauty,” but here it seems to refer to his favor (see BDB 653 s.v.) or kindness (HALOT 706 s.v.).

[90:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the work of our hands establish over us, and the work of our hands, establish it.”

[3:37]  ⁵ tn Heb “Who is this, he spoke and it came to pass?” The general sense is to ask whose commands are fulfilled. The phrase “he spoke and it came to pass” is taken as an allusion to the creation account (see Gen 1:3).

[3:37]  ⁶ tc The MT reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”). See the tc note at 1:14.

[21:22]  ⁷ tn Grk “believing”; the participle here is conditional.

[4:15]  ⁸ tn Grk “instead of your saying.”