Psalms 20:8
For the king trusts in the Lord, 1 And through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
In Context
9Let thy hand be found by all thine enemies: 1 Let thy right hand find all that hate thee. 1
Cross References
Judges 5:31Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: 1 And they that love him shall be as the going forth of the sun in his strength. And the land had rest forty years.
2 Kings 19:23By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, I will go up with the multitude of my chariots, to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and I have cut down the height of his cedar, and his choice cypresses; and I have come into the midst of the forest and of Carmel.
2 Chronicles 14:11And the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
Psalms 33:16The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, 1 And his ears are open to their prayer: 1
Psalms 34:21And they opened wide their mouth upon me; 1 They said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it. 1
Psalms 125:1A Song of Degrees. 1 When the Lord turned the captivity of Zion, 1 We became as comforted ones. 1
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 →