Psalms 20:2
In your virtue, Lord, the king will rejoice, and over your salvation, he will exult exceedingly.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
In Context
1Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
3You have granted him the desire of his heart, and you have not cheated him of the wish of his lips.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:7But David seized the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.
1 Kings 6:16And he built panels of cedar, of twenty cubits, at the back part of the temple, from the floor even to the top. And he made the inner house of the oracle as the Holy of Holies.
2 Chronicles 20:8And they lived in it. And they built a Sanctuary to your name in it, saying:
Psalms 54:3Be attentive to me, and heed me. I have been grieved in my training, and I have been disturbed
Proverbs 18:10The name of the Lord is a very strong tower. The just one rushes to it, and he shall be exalted.
Isaiah 14:32And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 20:2-6
Petitions against Sin. 1 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. 5 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. This prayer for David is entitled a psalm of David; nor was it any… Read the whole commentary →