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Psalms 20:5
5Then we will be happy and we will shout aloud when you win against your enemies. We will wave our flags to praise our God. Yes, I pray that the Lord will do for you everything that you ask him to do.
Psalms 20:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.
- New International Version (NIV)May we shout for joy over your victory and lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the Lord grant all your requests.
- English Standard Version (ESV)May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!
- New King James Version (NKJV)We will rejoice in your salvation, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.
Context of Psalms 20:5
3He will remember the gifts that you have offered to him. He will accept your burnt offerings Selah 4May God give to you all the things that you really want. He will help you to do everything that you want to do. Then we will be happy and we will shout aloud when you win against your enemies. We will wave our flags to praise our God. Yes, I pray that the Lord will do for you everything that you ask him to do. 6Now I know that the Lord will save the king that he has chosen. God will agree to help him from his holy place in heaven. God will use his great power to make his king safe. 7Some people hope that their chariots will keep them safe. Other people trust their horses to save them. But we will trust in the name of the Lord our God.
Read all of Psalms 20Psalms 20:5 word by word
נְרַנְּנָ֤ה׀ בִּ֘ישׁ֤וּעָתֶ֗ךָ וּבְשֵֽׁם־אֱלֹהֵ֥ינוּ נִדְגֹּ֑ל יְמַלֵּ֥א יְ֝הוָ֗ה כָּל־מִשְׁאֲלוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- We will rejoiceרָנַןrânan · to singH7442
- in thy salvationיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
- and in the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- of our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- bannersדָּגַלdâgal · to set a bannerH1713
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- fulfilמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
- all thy petitionsמִשְׁאָלָהmish'âlâh · petitionH4862
Cross-references for Psalms 20:5
- Psalms 13:5But I will trust you because of your faithful love. Please make me safe, so that I can be happy and thank you.
- Psalms 19:4But their message goes round all the earth. All the world can understand what they say. God has made a home for the sun in the sky.
- Psalms 21:1Lord, the king is happy, because you help him with your great strength. You have helped him to win against his enemies, so he is very happy.
- Psalms 35:9Then I will be happy because of what the Lord has done. I will be happy because he has made me safe.
- Psalms 118:15Listen to the happy shouts of God's people in their tents! They have won against their enemies, because the Lord has power to do great things.
- Isaiah 12:1At that time, you will say, ‘I praise you, Lord. You were angry with me. But now, you are no longer angry. Now you have been kind to me.
- Isaiah 25:9At that time, people will say, ‘Look! This is our God! We trusted him to keep us safe, and he rescued us. Yes, this is the Lord! We trusted him to keep us safe. We will sing with joy, because he has saved us.’
- Isaiah 61:10I am very happy, because of what the Lord, my God, has done. I have so much joy! He has given salvation to me, like clothes that I can wear all the time. I have his righteousness as my coat! He makes me handsome, like a bridegroom who wears a priest's hat. He makes me beautiful, like a bride who wears her jewels.
- Habakkuk 3:18I will still sing to thank the Lord! I will be happy because God is the one who makes me safe.
- Luke 1:47I thank God because he is the one who saves me.
- Psalms 60:4But you have lifted up a flag for the people who serve you. They can meet together there, to be safe in the battle. Selah.
- Exodus 17:15Then Moses used big stones to build an altar. He called it ‘The Lord is my flag in war’.
- Numbers 10:35Each time that the Covenant Box started to travel Moses said, ‘Be ready, Lord! Cause your enemies to run away in every direction!’
- 1 Samuel 17:45David said to him, ‘You have come to fight against me with a sword, a knife and a spear. But I come to fight against you with the authority of the Lord Almighty. He is the God who leads Israel's army, and you have insulted him!
- Isaiah 11:10On that day, King David's descendant, the root of Jesse, will appear. He will be like a clear sign to all nations. They will come to him, so that he leads them. The place where he lives as king will be wonderful.
- Micah 4:5People from other countries may be the servants of other gods. But we will be servants of the Lord our God. We will obey him always.
Commentaries on Psalms 20:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5We will rejoice in thy salvation - We expect help from thee alone; it is in thy cause we engage; and to thee, as our war is a just one, we consecrate our banners, inscribed with thy name. It is said that the Maccabees had their name from the inscription on their banners; which was taken from Exodus 15:11, יהוה באלם כמכה מי mi camochah baelim Yehovah, "Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods?" The word being formed from the initial letters מ M, כ C…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5We will rejoice in thy salvation - According to the idea of the psalm suggested in the introduction, this is a response of the king and those associated with him in going forth to battle. It expresses the joy which they would have in the expected deliverance from danger, and their conviction that through his strength they would be able to obtain it. The word salvation here means deliverance; to wit, from the anticipated danger. The phrase implies that God…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Troops carried a victory banner to battle. They gathered under it and encouraged each other to act (see Isaiah 11:10, 12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. salvation--that wrought and experienced by him. set up our banners--(Nu 2:3, 10). In usual sense, or, as some render, "may we be made great."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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