Psalms 20:2
send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
In Context
1May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
3remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice. Selah.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city.
1 Kings 6:16He built twenty cubits of the back part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling. He built this within, for an inner sanctuary, even for the most holy place.
2 Chronicles 20:8They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,
Psalms 54:3For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven’t set God before them. Selah.
Proverbs 18:10The LORD’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
Isaiah 14:32What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
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 →