Psalms 20:9
(20:10) O Lord, save [us]: may the king answer us on the day when we call [on him].
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
In Context
8(20:9) They are prostrate and fallen; but we are risen up and stand erect.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6[Saying,] Yet have I appointed my king upon Zion my holy mount.
Psalms 5:2(5:3) Listen unto the voice of my loud cry, my King, and my God, when unto thee I pray.
Psalms 24:7Raise your heads, O ye gates; and be raised wide, ye everlasting doors: and let the King of glory enter!
Psalms 74:12Since [thou] God art my King from olden days, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Isaiah 40:31Yet they that wait upon the Lord shall acquire new strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk, and not become faint.
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 →