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Psalm 20:2-9

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2 May he send you help from 1the sanctuary and give you support from 2Zion!
3 May he 3remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah
4 May he 4grant you your heart’s desire and fulfill all your plans!
5 May we shout for joy over 5your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our 6banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!
6 Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with 7the saving might of his right hand.
7 Some trust in 8chariots and some in 9horses, 10but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
8 They collapse and fall, but we rise and stand upright.
9 O Lord, save 11the king! May he answer us when we call.
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Psalm 20:2-9 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David. This psalm is thought, by some, to be written by David, on account of himself, and as a form to be used by the people for him, when he was about to go to war; particularly with the Ammonites and Syrians, 2 Samuel 10:6; mention being made of chariots in it, Psalm 20:7; of which there was a great number in that war: Arama thinks it was made by him when he got the victory over the Philistines; others think it was written by one of the singers on David's account, and should be rendered, "a psalm, for David," as Psalm 72:1: but rather it is a psalm concerning David; concerning the Messiah, whose name is David; or a psalm of David concerning the Messiah, since he is expressly mentioned, Psalm 20:6; and Aben Ezra says, there are some that interpret it of the Messiah; and some passages in it are, by Jewish writers {m}, applied unto him, as Psalm 20:6; and our countryman, Mr. Ainsworth, says, the whole psalm is a prophecy of Christ's sufferings, and his deliverance out of them, for which the church with him triumphs. Theodoret takes it to be a prophecy of Sennacherib's invasion of Judea, and of Rabshakeh's blasphemy, and of Hezekiah's distress and prayer on that account.

{m} Shirhashirim Rabba, fol. 18. 1. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 44. 2.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 11

  • 1. 20:2 Ps. 73:17; 2 Chr. 20:8
  • 2. 20:2 Ps. 128:5
  • 3. 20:3 [Acts 10:4]
  • 4. 20:4 Ps. 21:2
  • 5. 20:5 Ps. 9:14
  • 6. 20:5 Ps. 60:4; Song 6:4, 10
  • 7. 20:6 [Ps. 28:8]
  • 8. 20:7 Isa. 31:1; 36:9
  • 9. 20:7 Prov. 21:31
  • 10. 20:7 [1 Sam. 17:45; 2 Chr. 32:8]
  • 11. 20:9 Ps. 48:2
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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