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2 May He send you help 1from the sanctuary And 2support you from Zion!
3 May He 3remember all your meal offerings And 4find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah.
4 May He grant you your 5heart's desire And 6fulfill all your counsel!
5 We will 7sing for joy over your victory, And in the name of our God we will 8set up our banners. May the LORD 9fulfill all your petitions.
6 Now 10I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will 11answer him from His holy heaven With the 12saving strength of His right hand.
7 Some boast in chariots and some in 13horses, But 14we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God.
8 They have 15bowed down and fallen, But we have 16risen and stood upright.
9 17Save, O LORD; May the 18King answer us in the day 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 18

  • 1. Psalms 3:4
  • 2. Psalms 110:2
  • 3. Acts 10:4
  • 4. Psalms 51:19
  • 5. Psalms 21:2
  • 6. Psalms 145:19
  • 7. Psalms 9:14
  • 8. Psalms 60:4
  • 9. 1 Samuel 1:17
  • 10. Psalms 41:11
  • 11. Isaiah 58:9
  • 12. Psalms 28:8
  • 13. Psalms 33:17
  • 14. 2 Chronicles 32:8
  • 15. Isaiah 2:11, 17
  • 16. Psalms 37:24; Micah 7:8
  • 17. Psalms 3:7
  • 18. Psalms 17:6

Footnotes 9

  • [a] Lit "fat"
  • [b] "Selah" may mean: "Pause, Crescendo" or "Musical interlude"
  • [c] Or "purpose"
  • [d] Or "Let us sing"
  • [e] Or "salvation"
  • [f] Or "mighty deeds of the victory of His right hand"
  • [g] Or praise "chariots," or trust, or are strong "through"
  • [h] Lit "make mention of;" or "praise the name"
  • [i] Or "O LORD"," save the king; answer us
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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