The speech pleased the LORD (1 Kings 3:10)
The word "pleased" above does not capture the depth of emotion God felt while engaging Solomon in a private conversation. Visiting the newly-crowned king of Israel in a dream, the LORD had offered to give him anything he desired. It was an unprecedented demonstration of divine favor.
"Pleased" in Hebrew, yatab, means beautiful, sweet, joyful. Scripture allows us to eavesdrop and hear the sweetness of Solomon's answer: "I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted. Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people?"
Solomon's selfless response so moved God that He not only made him the world's wisest king, He gave him what he did not ask for: wealth and fame. God also promised to lengthen Solomon's days if he would keep His commandments, which sadly he failed to do after allowing foreign wives to dull his heart toward the LORD.
Solomon chose wisely as a young ruler, and so can we. We don't have to be a king to ask the King for discernment and understanding. When we ask for those spiritual gifts in humility and brokenness, as did Solomon, our speech is beautiful in God's ears.