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Psalms 20:9
9Lord, help the king to win against his enemies! Please answer us when we ask you for help.
Psalms 20:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call.
- New International Version (NIV)Lord, give victory to the king! Answer us when we call!
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, save the king! May he answer us when we call.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Save, Lord! May the King answer us when we call.
Context of Psalms 20:9
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. 8Those people will fall down, and they will not get up again. But we will get up and stand again, and we will be strong. Lord, help the king to win against his enemies! Please answer us when we ask you for help.
Read all of Psalms 20Psalms 20:9 word by word
יְהוָ֥ה הוֹשִׁ֑יעָה הַ֝מֶּ֗לֶךְ יַעֲנֵ֥נוּ בְיוֹם־קָרְאֵֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 20:9
- Psalms 118:25Lord, please save us now! Lord, please help us to do well!
- Matthew 21:9Many crowds of people went in front of Jesus and other people followed him. All of them were shouting, ‘We praise the Son of David! May the Lord God bless the king who comes with his authority! We praise God in heaven above!’
- Psalms 2:6‘I have put my king on his throne in Zion. I have put him on my holy mountain.’
- Psalms 5:2My King and my God, listen to my voice. I am asking you to help me. I am praying to you!
- Psalms 24:7Old gates of the city, wake up! Open now, to leave a wide path! Then the great king will come in.
- Psalms 44:4God, you are my king! You command that Jacob's descendants must win against their enemies.
- Psalms 74:12God, you have been my king from the beginning. You have done great things to rescue us all over the earth.
Commentaries on Psalms 20:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Save, Lord - This verse was spoken by all the congregation, and was the chorus and conclusion of the piece. The verse may be read, Lord, save the king! He will hear as in the day of our calling. The Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, Arabic, Anglo-Saxon, read the verse thus: Lord, save the king! and hear us whensoever we shall call upon thee. The Syriac reads differently: The Lord will save us: and our king will hear us in the day in which we shall call upon…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Save, Lord - “Yahweh, save.” This is still an earnest prayer. Confident as they are of success and triumph, yet they do not forget their dependence on God; they do not forget that victory must come from his hand. There was, indeed, exultation, but it was exultation in the belief that God would grant success - an exultation connected with, and springing from prayer. Prayer is not inconsistent with the most confident anticipation of success in any…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9This royal prayer asks God to give victory to the king (Psalm 20:1–5). It then expresses confidence that God will bring rescue (20:6–8). The psalm ends with the people asking God to answer their prayer (20:9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. let the king hear--as God's representative, delivered to deliver. Perhaps a better sense is, "Lord, save the king; hear us when we call," or pray.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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