Psalms 20:8
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 5:31So let all thy enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love thee shine, as the sun shineth in his rising.
2 Kings 19:23By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the top of Libanus, and have cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees. And I have entered into the furthest parts thereof, and the forest of its Carmel.
2 Chronicles 14:11And he called upon the Lord God, and said: O Lord, there is no difference with thee, whether thou help with few, or with many: help us, O Lord our God: for with confidence in thee, and in thy name, we are come against this multitude. O Lord thou art our God, let not man prevail against thee.
Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by a great army: nor shall the giant be saved by his own great strength.
Psalms 34:21The Lord keepeth all their bones, not one of them shall be broken.
Psalms 125:1If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:
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 →