Psalm 20:9

9 LORD, give victory to the king! Answer us when we call!

Psalm 20:9 in Other Translations

9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

9 O Lord, save the king! May he answer us when we call.

9 Give victory to our king, O LORD ! Answer our cry for help.

9 Make the king a winner, God; the day we call, give us your answer.

9 Save, Jehovah: Let the King answer us when we call.

9 Give victory to the king, O LORD. Answer us when we call.

9 Lord, give victory to the king! May He answer us on the day that we call.

9 Lord, save the king! Answer us when we call out to you!

Psalm 20:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 20:9

Save, Lord
Not "the king", as the Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions read the words, joining the word "king" to them, which is in the next clause; but this, as Aben Ezra observes, is not right, because of the accent "athnach", which divides these words from the following; rather the word us may be supplied; and so the Syriac version renders it, "the Lord will deliver us"; and the Targum is, "O Lord", (Nl qrp) , "redeem us", or "save us"; that is, with a temporal, spiritual, and eternal salvation: this petition is directed to Jehovah the Father, as the following is to the King Messiah;

let the King hear us when we call;
for not God the Father is here meant, though he is an everlasting King, the King of kings; and who hears his people, when they call upon him, and while they are calling; yet he is rarely, if ever, called "the King", without any other additional epithet; whereas the Messiah often is, as in the next psalm, ( Psalms 20:1 Psalms 20:7 ) ( 45:1 ) ; and prayer is made to him, and he hears and receives the prayers of his people; and, as Mediator, presents them to his Father perfumed with his much incense; for he is a Priest as well as a King.

Psalm 20:9 In-Context

7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

8 They are brought to their knees and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

9 LORD, give victory to the king! Answer us when we call!

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 3:7; Psalms 17:6