Psalms 20:8
They are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright.
World English 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 some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
9Save, LORD! Let the King answer us when we call!
Cross References
Judges 5:31“So let all your enemies perish, LORD, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.
2 Kings 19:23By your messengers, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees; and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field.
2 Chronicles 14:11Asa cried to the LORD his God, and said, “LORD, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, LORD our God; for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. LORD, you are our God. Don’t let man prevail against you.”
Psalms 33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
Psalms 34:21Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains 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 →