Psalms 20:8
They are brought downe and fallen, but we are risen, and stand vpright.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 will remember the Name of ye Lord our God.
9Saue Lord: let the King heare vs in the day that we call.
Cross References
Judges 5:31So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but they that loue him, shall be as the Sunne when he riseth in his might, and the lande had rest fourtie yeres.
2 Kings 19:23By thy messengers thou hast rayled on the Lord, and said, By the multitude of my charets I am come vp to the toppe of the mountaines, by the sides of Lebanon, and will cut downe the hie cedars thereof, and the faire firre trees thereof, and I will goe into the lodging of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
2 Chronicles 14:11And Asa cryed vnto the Lord his God, and saide, Lord, it is nothing with thee to helpe with many, or with no power: helpe vs, O Lord our God: for we rest on thee, and in thy Name are we come against this multitude: O Lord, thou art our God, let not man preuaile against thee.
Psalms 33:16The King is not saued by the multitude of an hoste, neither is the mightie man deliuered by great strength.
Psalms 34:21But malice shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.
Psalms 125:1A song of degrees. They that trust in the Lord, shalbe as mount Zion, which can not be remooued, but remaineth for euer.
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 →