Psalms 20:8
They, have bowed down and fallen, but, we, have arisen, and stand upright.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
In Context
7These, by chariots, and, those, by horses, but, we, by the Name of Yahweh our God, will prevail.
9Yahweh, hath saved the king. Answer us, then, on the day when we call.
Cross References
Judges 5:31So, perish all thine enemies, O Yahweh, But be, they who love him, as the going forth of the sun, in his might! And the land had rest forty years.
2 Kings 19:23Through thy messengers, thou hast reproached My Lord, and hast said—With my multitude of chariots, have I ascended the height of the mountains, the recesses of Lebanon,—and have cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest firs, and have entered the shelter of its summit, its thick garden forests.
2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out unto Yahweh his God, and said, O Yahweh, it is, nothing with thee, to help whether with many or with such as have no strength. Help us, O Yahweh our God, for, on thee, do we lean, and, in thy name, have we come against this multitude,—O Yahweh! our God, thou art, let not, weak man, have power against thee.
Psalms 33:16Not a king, can be saved by greatness of force, nor, hero, deliver himself by greatness of strength:
Psalms 34:21Misfortune shall be the death of the lawless one, And, the haters of the righteous man, shall be held guilty.
Psalms 125:1They who trust in Yahweh, [are] like Mount Zion, which shall not be shaken, Age-abidingly, shall it remain.
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 →