English Standard Version
Psalms 20:2
2May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)May He send you help from the sanctuary, And strengthen you out of Zion;
- New Living Translation (NLT)May he send you help from his sanctuary and strengthen you from Jerusalem.
Context of Psalms 20:2
1May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion! 3May he remember all your offerings and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah 4May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!
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 went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.
- 1 Kings 6:16He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as the Most Holy Place.
- 1 Kings 8:44"If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name,
- 2 Chronicles 20:8And they have lived in it and have built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,
- 2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.
- 2 Samuel 6:17And they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
- Isaiah 12:6Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel."
- Isaiah 14:32What will one answer the messengers of the nation? "The Lord has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."
- Isaiah 37:34By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord.
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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