Psalms 20:8
Because the king hopes in the Lord, and in the mercy of the Most High, he will not be disturbed.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
In Context
9May your hand be found by all your enemies. May your right hand discover all those who hate you.
Cross References
Judges 5:31O Lord, so may all your enemies perish! But may those who love you shine with splendor, as the sun shines at its rising.”
2 Kings 19:23By the hand of your servants, you have reproached the Lord, and you have said: ‘By the multitude of my chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the summit of Lebanon. And I have cut down its sublime cedars, and its elect spruce trees. And I have entered even to its limits. And its forest of Carmel,
2 Chronicles 14:11And he called upon the Lord God, and he said: “O Lord, there is no difference to you, whether you assist by few, or by many. Help us, O Lord our God. For having faith in you and in your name, we have gone forth against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God. Do not allow man to prevail against you.”
Psalms 33:16The eyes of the Lord are on the just, and his ears are with their prayers.
Psalms 34:21And they opened their mouth wide over me. They said, “Well, well, our eyes have seen.”
Psalms 125:1A Canticle in steps. When the Lord turned back the captivity of Zion, we became like those who are consoled.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 20:7-9
The Subject's Prayer for the Sovereign. 6 Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. 8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. 9 Save, Lord : let the king hear us when we call. Here is, I. Holy David himself triumphing in the interest he had in the prayers of good people ( v. 6 ): " Now know I (I that pen… Read the whole commentary →