Psalm 20 - English Standard Version (ESV)

Trust in the Name of the Lord Our God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

20 May the Lord (A)answer you in the day of trouble!
May (B)the name of the God of Jacob (C)protect you!
2 May he send you help from (D)the sanctuary
and give you support from (E)Zion!
3 May he (F)remember all your offerings
and regard with favor your burnt sacrifices! Selah

4 May he (G)grant you your heart's desire
and fulfill all your plans!
5 May we shout for joy over (H)your salvation,
and in the name of our God set up our (I)banners!
May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!

6 Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with (J)the saving might of his right hand.
7 Some trust in (K)chariots and some in (L)horses,
(M)but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
8 They collapse and fall,
but we rise and stand upright.

9 O Lord, save (N)the king!
May he answer us when we call.

Cross references

  1. Psalm 20:1 : [Gen. 35:3]
  2. Psalm 20:1 : Prov. 18:10
  3. Psalm 20:1 : Ps. 59:1; 69:29
  4. Psalm 20:2 : Ps. 73:17; 2 Chr. 20:8
  5. Psalm 20:2 : Ps. 128:5
  6. Psalm 20:3 : [Acts 10:4]
  7. Psalm 20:4 : Ps. 21:2
  8. Psalm 20:5 : Ps. 9:14
  9. Psalm 20:5 : Ps. 60:4; Song 6:4, 10
  10. Psalm 20:6 : [Ps. 28:8]
  11. Psalm 20:7 : Isa. 31:1; 36:9
  12. Psalm 20:7 : Prov. 21:31
  13. Psalm 20:7 : [1 Sam. 17:45; 2 Chr. 32:8]
  14. Psalm 20:9 : Ps. 48:2