Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 20:2
2May he send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.
Psalms 20:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
- New International Version (NIV)May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion.
- English Standard Version (ESV)May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!
- New King James Version (NKJV)May He send you help from the sanctuary, And strengthen you out of Zion;
Context of Psalms 20:2
1May the Lord answer you in a day of trouble; may the name of Jacob’s God protect you. May he send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion. 3May he remember all your offerings and accept your burnt offering.Selah 4May he give you what your heart desires and fulfill your whole purpose.
Read all of Psalms 20Psalms 20:2 word by word
יִשְׁלַֽח־עֶזְרְךָ֥ מִקֹּ֑דֶשׁ וּ֝מִצִּיּ֗וֹן יִסְעָדֶֽךָּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 20:2
- Psalms 73:17until I entered God’s sanctuary. Then I understood their destiny.
- 1 Kings 6:16Then he lined thirty feet of the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the surface of the ceiling, and he built the interior as an inner sanctuary, the most holy place.
- 1 Kings 8:44When your people go out to fight against their enemies, wherever you send them, and they pray to the Lord in the direction of the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your name,
- 2 Chronicles 20:8They have lived in the land and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name and have said,
- 2 Samuel 5:7Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.
- 2 Samuel 6:17They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in the Lord’s presence.
- Isaiah 12:6Cry out and sing, citizen of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel is among you in his greatness.”
- Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the messengers from that nation? The Lord has founded Zion, and his oppressed people find refuge in her.
- Isaiah 37:34He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Commentaries on Psalms 20:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Send thee help from the sanctuary - This was the place where God recorded his name; the place where he was to be sought, and the place where he manifested himself. He dwelt between the cherubim over the mercyseat. He is now in Christ, reconciling the world to himself. This is the true sanctuary where God must be sought. Strengthen thee out of Zion - The temple or tabernacle where his prayers and sacrifices were to be offered.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Send thee help - Margin, thy help. So the Hebrew. The idea is, such help as he needed; such as would make him safe. From the sanctuary - From the tabernacle, or the holy place where God was worshipped, and where he was supposed to reside, Exodus 28:43; Exodus 29:30; Exodus 35:19; Exodus 39:1. This was his seat; his throne; where he abode among the people. Here, too, it would seem that he had been worshipped, and his aid implored, in view of this…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5The community prays for the king’s protection and victory.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. strengthen thee--sustain in conflict; even physical benefits may be included, as courage for war, &c., as such may proceed from a sense of divine favor, secured in the use of spiritual privileges.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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