Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 20:3
3May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah
Psalms 20:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings.
- English Standard Version (ESV)May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)May He remember all your offerings, And accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah
Context of Psalms 20:3
1May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. 2May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion. May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah 4May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed. 5May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.
Read all of Psalms 20Psalms 20:3 word by word
יִזְכֹּ֥ר כָּל־מִנְחֹתֶ֑ךָ וְעוֹלָתְךָ֖ יְדַשְּׁנֶ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 20:3
- Genesis 4:4while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
- Isaiah 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
- Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- 1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- 2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
- 2 Samuel 6:17So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- Isaiah 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
- Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
- Isaiah 37:34He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
Commentaries on Psalms 20:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Remember all thy offerings - The minchah, which is here mentioned, was a gratitude-offering. It is rarely used to signify a bloody sacrifice. Burnt sacrifice - The olah here mentioned was a bloody sacrifice. The blood of the victim was spilt at the altar, and the flesh consumed. One of these offerings implied a consciousness of sin in the offerer; and this sacrifice he brought as an atonement: the other implied a sense of mercies already received, and was…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Remember all thy offerings - On the meaning of the word here used, see the note at Isaiah 1:13, where it is rendered oblations. The word occurs often in the Scriptures, and is sometimes rendered offering, and sometimes oblation. The word means an offering of any kind or anything that is presented to God, except a bloody sacrifice - anything offered as an expression of thankfulness, or with a view to obtain his favor. It is distinguished from bloody…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Gifts and burnt offerings show submission to the Lord (compare Psalm 40:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. all thy offerings--or gifts, vegetable offerings. accept--literally, "turn to ashes" (compare 1Ki 18:38). Selah--(See on Psa 3:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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