Psalm 20
Deliverance in Battle
For the choir director. A psalm of David.
1 May the Lord answer you in a day of trouble;(A)
may the name of Jacob’s God protect you.(B)
2 May he send you help from the sanctuary
and sustain you from Zion.(C)
3 May he remember all your offerings
and accept your burnt offering.(D)Selah
4 May he give you what your heart desires(E)
and fulfill your whole purpose.(F)
5 Let us shout for joy at your victory(G)
and lift the banner in the name of our God.(H)
May the Lord fulfill all your requests.(I)
6 Now I know that the Lord gives victory to his anointed;(J)
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with mighty victories from his right hand.(K)
7 Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses,
but we take pride in the name of the Lord our God.(L)
8 They collapse and fall,
but we rise and stand firm.(M)
9 Lord, give victory to the king!(N)
May he answer us on the day that we call.
Footnotes
- 20:9
Cross references
- 20:1 : Ps 50:15; 77:2; 102:2
- 20:1 : Ps 46:7,11
- 20:2 : Ps 3:4; 110:2; 128:5
- 20:3 : Ps 119:108
- 20:4 : Ps 21:2; 145:19
- 20:4 : Ps 138:8
- 20:5 : Ps 21:1
- 20:5 : Is 13:2
- 20:5 : Ps 21:2; 1Pt 3:12
- 20:6 : Ps 18:50
- 20:6 : Ps 44:3; 98:1; 118:15
- 20:7 : Ps 33:17; Is 31:1
- 20:8 : Is 2:11,17; Mc 7:8
- 20:9 : Ps 18:50
