Psalms 20:8
They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
In Context
7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
9O LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.
Cross References
Judges 5:31So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
2 Kings 19:23Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.
2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
Psalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
Psalms 34:21Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
Psalms 125:1A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
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 →