God’s Word Translation
Psalms 20:2
2He will send you help from his holy place and support 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
1The Lord will answer you in times of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob will protect you. He will send you help from his holy place and support you from Zion. 3He will remember all your grain offerings and look with favor on your burnt offerings. Selah 4He will give you your heart’s desire and carry out 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 73:17Only when I came into God’s holy place did I ⌞finally⌟ understand what would happen to them.
- 1 Kings 6:16He sectioned off a 30-foot-long room at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from the floor to the rafters. He built it to serve as an inner room, the most holy place.
- 1 Kings 8:44“When your people go to war against their enemies (wherever you may send them) and they pray to you, O Lord, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I built for your name,
- 2 Chronicles 20:8His descendants have lived in it and built a holy temple for your name in it. They said,
- 2 Samuel 5:7But David captured the fortress Zion (that is, the City of David).
- 2 Samuel 6:17The men carrying the ark set it in its place inside the tent David had put up for it. David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in the Lord’s presence.
- Isaiah 12:6Shout loudly, and sing with joy, people of Zion! The Holy One of Israel is great. He is among you.”
- Isaiah 14:32How should we answer the messengers from the nations? ⌞Tell them that⌟ the Lord has laid Zion’s foundation, and his humble people will find refuge in it.
- Isaiah 37:34He will go back the way he came, and he won’t come into this city,” declares the Lord of Armies.
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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