Psalms 20:5

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

3May he remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Interlude 4May he grant your heart’s desires and make all your plans succeed. May we shout for joy when we hear of your victory and raise a victory banner in the name of our God. May the Lord answer all your prayers. 6Now I know that the Lord rescues his anointed king. He will answer him from his holy heaven and rescue him by his great power. 7Some nations boast of their chariots and horses, but we boast in the name of the Lord our God.

Psalms 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 trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me.
• Psalms 19:4Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world. God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.
• Psalms 21:1How the king rejoices in your strength, O Lord! He shouts with joy because you give him victory.
• Psalms 35:9Then I will rejoice in the Lord. I will be glad because he rescues me.
• Psalms 118:15Songs of joy and victory are sung in the camp of the godly. The strong right arm of the Lord has done glorious things!
• Isaiah 12:1In that day you will sing: “I will praise you, O Lord! You were angry with me, but not anymore. Now you comfort me.
• Isaiah 25:9In that day the people will proclaim, “This is our God! We trusted in him, and he saved us! This is the Lord, in whom we trusted. Let us rejoice in the salvation he brings!”
• Isaiah 61:10I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding or a bride with her jewels.
• Habakkuk 3:18yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
• Luke 1:47How my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
• Psalms 60:4But you have raised a banner for those who fear you— a rallying point in the face of attack. Interlude
• Exodus 17:15Moses built an altar there and named it Yahweh-Nissi (which means “the Lord is my banner”).
• Numbers 10:35And whenever the Ark set out, Moses would shout, “Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered! Let them flee before you!”
• 1 Samuel 17:45David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
• Isaiah 11:10In that day the heir to David’s throne will be a banner of salvation to all the world. The nations will rally to him, and the land where he lives will be a glorious place.
• Micah 4:5Though the nations around us follow their idols, we will follow the Lord our God forever and ever.

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