I'm with this Psalm up to a point. It seems like one of the kindest prayers we could say for another -- that they will be protected by God.
But then I hit v. 4..."May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed."
Seems more like a curse to me. It seriously stinks when my plans fail, but even when it happens I know that there is growth. There is no benefit to all my plans succeeding. And I'm not even sure what the desire of my heart is - so I'm not sure I would know if God granted it to me.
George Bernard Shaw: "There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it."
Gypsy Curse: "May you get everything you want."
I shouldn't find greater wisdom in Shaw than I do in the Psalms.
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