Psalms 20:8
(20:9) They are prostrate and fallen; but we are risen up and stand erect.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
In Context
9(20:10) O Lord, save [us]: may the king answer us on the day when we call [on him].
Cross References
Judges 5:31Thus may perish all thy enemies, O Lord; but may those that love him be as the rising of the sun in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
2 Kings 19:23By thy messengers thou hast blasphemed the Lord and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I indeed come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its fir-trees: and I will enter into the lodgings on its summit, the forest of its fruitful soil.
2 Chronicles 14:11(14:10) And Assa called unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, nothing can hinder thee to help, whether it be the mighty, or those that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for on thee do we rely, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God! no mortal can place a restraint against thee.
Psalms 33:16The king is not saved by the multitude of an army: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms 34:21(34:22) The evil will slay the wicked: and they who hate the righteous shall incur guiltiness.
Psalms 125:1“A song of the degrees.” Those who trust in the Lord are like mount Zion, which will not he moved, which endureth for ever.
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 →