Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word
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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible 1× 1-9 Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament 1× 1, 6, 9 Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary 1× 1, 6 Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary 1× 2-9
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Codex Sinaiticus Aleph c. AD 330-360 Codex Vaticanus B c. AD 300-325 Codex Alexandrinus A c. AD 400-440 Aleppo Codex (Crown of Aleppo) c. AD 930 Leningrad Codex (Codex Leningradensis) AD 1008
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What is Psalms 20 about?

Gathered as the king prepares to go out to battle, the twentieth psalm is the people's prayer that the LORD would hear him in the day of trouble and send him help from the sanctuary. They ask God to remember his offerings, to grant him his heart's desire, and to fulfill his counsel, declaring that some trust in chariots and some in horses but they will remember the name of the LORD their God. Assured of victory, they affirm that the LORD saves His anointed and answers from His holy heaven. The royal prayer sets the safety of God's people not in armies but in the name of the LORD, and looks toward the King whom God will surely save and exalt.

Historical backdrop

These are the songbook of a nation, sung across a thousand years of Israel's worship, from Moses in the wilderness to the exiles returned from Babylon. They were carried from the tabernacle to Solomon's temple to the second temple rebuilt under Persia, set to the lyre and the harp and the clash of cymbals in the courts of the LORD.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 20
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Psalms 20
The Church Fathers on Psalms 20

Psalms 20

Psalms Chapter 20
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1Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble; The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;
2Send thee help from the sanctuary, And strengthen thee out of Zion;
3Remember all thy offerings, And accept thy burnt-sacrifice; [Selah
4Grant thee thy heart’s desire, And fulfil all thy counsel.
5We will triumph in thy salvation, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners: Jehovah fulfil all thy petitions.
6Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed; He will answer him from his holy heaven With the saving strength of his right hand.
7Some trustin chariots, and some in horses; But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.
8They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.
9Save, Jehovah: Let the King answer us when we call.
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What is Psalms 20 about?

Gathered as the king prepares to go out to battle, the twentieth psalm is the people's prayer that the LORD would hear him in the day of trouble and send him help from the sanctuary. They ask God to remember his offerings, to grant him his heart's desire, and to fulfill his counsel, declaring that some trust in chariots and some in horses but they will remember the name of the LORD their God. Assured of victory, they affirm that the LORD saves His anointed and answers from His holy heaven. The royal prayer sets the safety of God's people not in armies but in the name of the LORD, and looks toward the King whom God will surely save and exalt.