Psalms 20:8
They are bowed down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
In Context
9Save, LORD: let the King answer us when we call.
Cross References
Judges 5:31So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
2 Kings 19:23By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field.
2 Chronicles 14:11And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, there is none beside thee to help, between the mighty and him that hath no strength: help us, O LORD our God; for we rely on thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee;
Psalms 33:16There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
Psalms 34:21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Psalms 125:1They that trust in the LORD are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
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 →