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For you have given him his heart’s desire;
    you have withheld nothing he requested. Interlude

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You have granted him his heart’s desire(A)
    and have not withheld the request of his lips.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 21:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Take delight in the Lord,
    and he will give you your heart’s desires.

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Take delight(A) in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.(B)

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May he grant your heart’s desires
    and make all your plans succeed.
May we shout for joy when we hear of your victory
    and raise a victory banner in the name of our God.
May the Lord answer all your prayers.

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May he give you the desire of your heart(A)
    and make all your plans succeed.(B)
May we shout for joy(C) over your victory
    and lift up our banners(D) in the name of our God.

May the Lord grant all your requests.(E)

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Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,
    the whole earth as your possession.
You will break[a] them with an iron rod
    and smash them like clay pots.’”

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  1. 2:9 Greek version reads rule. Compare Rev 2:27.

Ask me,
    and I will make the nations(A) your inheritance,(B)
    the ends of the earth(C) your possession.
You will break them with a rod of iron[a];(D)
    you will dash them to pieces(E) like pottery.(F)

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  1. Psalm 2:9 Or will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)

25 Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save[a] those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.

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  1. 7:25 Or is able to save completely.

25 Therefore he is able to save(A) completely[a] those who come to God(B) through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.(C)

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  1. Hebrews 7:25 Or forever

He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me.
    I will make you a light to the Gentiles,
    and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.”

The Lord, the Redeemer
    and Holy One of Israel,
says to the one who is despised and rejected by the nations,
    to the one who is the servant of rulers:
“Kings will stand at attention when you pass by.
    Princes will also bow low
because of the Lord, the faithful one,
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Promises of Israel’s Restoration

This is what the Lord says:

“At just the right time, I will respond to you.[a]
    On the day of salvation I will help you.
I will protect you and give you to the people
    as my covenant with them.
Through you I will reestablish the land of Israel
    and assign it to its own people again.
I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in freedom,’
    and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the light.’
They will be my sheep, grazing in green pastures
    and on hills that were previously bare.
10 They will neither hunger nor thirst.
    The searing sun will not reach them anymore.
For the Lord in his mercy will lead them;
    he will lead them beside cool waters.
11 And I will make my mountains into level paths for them.
    The highways will be raised above the valleys.
12 See, my people will return from far away,
    from lands to the north and west,
    and from as far south as Egypt.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 49:8 Greek version reads I heard you. Compare 2 Cor 6:2.
  2. 49:12 As in Dead Sea Scrolls, which read from the region of Aswan, which is in southern Egypt. Masoretic Text reads from the region of Sinim.

he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant(A)
    to restore the tribes of Jacob
    and bring back those of Israel I have kept.(B)
I will also make you a light(C) for the Gentiles,(D)
    that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”(E)

This is what the Lord says—
    the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel(F)
to him who was despised(G) and abhorred by the nation,
    to the servant of rulers:
“Kings(H) will see you and stand up,
    princes will see and bow down,(I)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,(J)
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen(K) you.”

Restoration of Israel

This is what the Lord says:

“In the time of my favor(L) I will answer you,
    and in the day of salvation I will help you;(M)
I will keep(N) you and will make you
    to be a covenant for the people,(O)
to restore the land(P)
    and to reassign its desolate inheritances,(Q)
to say to the captives,(R) ‘Come out,’
    and to those in darkness,(S) ‘Be free!’

“They will feed beside the roads
    and find pasture on every barren hill.(T)
10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,(U)
    nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.(V)
He who has compassion(W) on them will guide(X) them
    and lead them beside springs(Y) of water.
11 I will turn all my mountains into roads,
    and my highways(Z) will be raised up.(AA)
12 See, they will come from afar(AB)
    some from the north, some from the west,(AC)
    some from the region of Aswan.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 49:12 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text Sinim

11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;
    my ears have heard the defeat of my wicked opponents.

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11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries;
    my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.(A)

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