Psalms 20:2
I desire/hope that he will reach out from his sacred temple and help you, and aid you from where he lives on Zion Hill.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:7But David’s army captured the fortress on Zion Hill, and later it was known as David’s City.
1 Kings 6:16Inside the back part of the temple they built an inner room, called the Very Holy Place. It was 30 feet long. All the walls of this room were lined with cedar boards.
2 Chronicles 20:8We have lived here and have built a temple where we, your people, worship you. We said,
Psalms 54:3because strangers are trying to attack me; proud men are wanting to kill me; men who do not have any ◄respect for/interest in► you. (Think about that!)
Proverbs 18:10Yahweh [MTY] is like a strong tower [MET]; righteous people can go to him and be safe like they can run to a tower to be safe.
Isaiah 14:32If messengers from Philistia come to us Israeli people, this is what we must [RHQ] tell them: “Yahweh has established Jerusalem, not Philistia, and his people who are oppressed will be safe inside the walls of Jerusalem.”
Matthew Henry on Psalms 20:2-6
Petitions against Sin. 1 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions. This prayer for David is entitled a psalm of David; nor was it any… Read the whole commentary →