Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 20:2
Sanctuary — From the tabernacle in Zion, where the ark then was; toward which the Israelites directed their prayers.
Sanctuary — From the tabernacle in Zion, where the ark then was; toward which the Israelites directed their prayers.
Verse Psalms 20:2. _SEND THEE HELP FROM THE SANCTUARY_] This was the _place_ where God recorded his name; the place where he was to be sought, and the place where he manifested himself. He dwelt betwe...
SEND THEE HELP - Margin, thy help. So the Hebrew. The idea is, such help as he needed; such as would make him safe. FROM THE SANCTUARY - From the tabernacle, or the holy place where God was worshipped...
Psalms 20 Christ and His Salvation as Contemplated by His People _ 1. What God has done for Christ (Psalms 20:1)_ 2. The salvation His people enjoy (Psalms 20:5)...
XX. A prayer for deliverance from national disaster, changing (probably after the sacrifice has been offered) into confidence at Psalms 20:6; Now know I, etc. The mention of a king or anointed one wou...
THEE. thy. STRENGTHEN. sustain, or support. Hebrew. _sa'ad_. Compare Psalms 20:6 with Psalms 21:1. ZION. See App-68....
The people's prayer for their king's success....
_the sanctuary_ Here, as the parallel _out of Zion_shews, the earthly sanctuary is meant. See notes on Psalms 3:4; Psalms 14:7; and cp. Psalms 20:6. _strengthen_ Lit. _support_; the same word as _hath...
PSALMS 20 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE To Prayer for a King in Distress, a Favourable Answer is Confidently Awaited. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 20:1-4, Petitions for Divine Succour. Refrain, Psalms 20:5, Prom...
_SEND THEE HELP FROM THE SANCTUARY, AND STRENGTHEN THEE OUT OF ZION;_ Help ... out of Zion. The help sought is on the ground of God's covenant with His people, whereof the sanctuary on Zion is the pl...
This and the following Ps. form a closely connected pair. The one is a prayer for a king going out to battle, and the other is a thanksgiving for his triumphant return. Both have the same title. There...
THE SANCTUARY] God's dwelling-place on Mt. Zion is here meant, as the next clause shows. But see Psalms 20:6....
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
_[Psalms 20:3]_ יִשְׁלַֽח ־עֶזְרְךָ֥ מִ קֹּ֑דֶשׁ וּ֝...
Psalms 20:1 THIS is a battle song followed by a chant of victory. They are connected in subject and probably in occasion, but fight and triumph have fallen dim to us, though we can still feel how hotl...
THE SAVING STRENGTH OF GOD'S RIGHT HAND Psalms 20:1 This may have been written on such an occasion as 2 Samuel 10:1. _ The prayer of the soldiers,_ Psalms 20:1. Ready, drawn up for the battle, they...
This and the next psalms are certainly closely connected. The first is the prayer of the people on behalf of the king as he goes forth to battle. The first five verses were sung in chorus and express...
_King. Chaldean adds, "the Messias shall reign; and how shall he rejoice when thou shalt have delivered him!" The people had promised to return thanks in the former psalm. (Haydock) --- Christ our kin...
God the Father promised to be with his Christ through the whole of his undertaking. Psalms 89:22, etc. But observe how the church hath an eye to the merits of Jesus's obedience and sacrifice. And what...
Psalms 19 _ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
2._May he send thee help. _That is to say, may he succor thee out of mount Sion, where he commanded the ark of the covenant to be placed, and chose for himself a dwelling-place. The weakness of the fl...
In Psalms 20 we have, in the midst of sorrows and evil come in as regards the two preceding testimonies, the faithful witness, the living witness Himself. He is seen in the day of His distress, for He...
SEND THEE HELP FROM THE SANCTUARY,.... Meaning either from the tabernacle, the holy place, where was the ark, the symbol of the divine Presence; or rather heaven, the habitation of God's holiness unle...
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; Ver. 2. _Send thee help from the sanctuary_] Or, from his holy heaven, saith Tremellius; without which vain is the help of man. God...
_Send thee help from the sanctuary_ Either from heaven, as it is expressed Psalms 20:6; or, rather, from the tabernacle in Zion, where the ark then was; toward which the Israelites directed their pray...
send thee help, that for which he called, FROM THE SANCTUARY, from His dwelling-place on Zion, where this prayer was made, AND STRENGTHEN, support and assist, THEE OUT OF ZION, the place of His habita...
PRAYER IN TIME OF WAR. To the chief musician, a psalm of David, evidently composed to be sung by the Tabernacle chorus while the king and his army were in the field, the purpose being to implore Jeho...
THEE HELP: _ Heb._ thy help STRENGTHEN THEE: _ Heb._ support thee...
FROM THE SANCTUARY; either, 1. From heaven, as it is expressed, PSALMS 20:6. Or rather, 2. From the tabernacle in Zion, as it is explained in the next words, where the ark then was; toward which the...
Psalms 20:2 send H7971 (H8799) help H5828 sanctuary H6944 strengthen H5582 (H8799) Zion H6726 thee help - Heb. thy help from -...
THE LEADING INTERCESSOR SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE BY WAY OF INTERCESSION (PSALMS 20:1). We note here the singular ‘you'. The reference is probably to the whole people seen as one. Or it may be spoken to th...
SANCTUARY Hebrew, "qodesh" (translated "holy,") (Psalms 20:6)....
The 20 th Psalm is a prayer for the king going forth to the conflict, a prayer for David; better still, a prayer for great David's greater Son. The 21 st Psalm is a song of victory for the returning c...
The 20 th Psalm is a prayer for the King; not only for David or Solomon, but for «great David's greater Son,» the true King of the Church. As if the Church saw Jesus going forth to his work, she offer...
CONTENTS: A prayer for God's annointed people. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: The children of this world trust in second causes and rise or fall with them but those who have a believing and obe...
Psalms 20:1. _The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble._ We read in Psalms 83. that nearly all the surrounding nations, after David was made king, entered into a league to demolish the Jewish nation,...
_Send thee help from the sanctuary._ THE SANCTUARY I. It is the place where God’s honour dwells. When Israel would have the help and guidance of Jehovah, they made application at the temple where Hi...
_The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble._ A BATTLE PRAYER This, it is believed, is the battle prayer or litany which was solemnly chanted in the sanctuary on the eve of the great expedition to cru...
PSALMS PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 20:1. These two psalms form a pair of royal psalms. Psalms 20:1 is a prayer that God will give success to the Davidic king, particularly in b
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 20:2 THE SANCTUARY in ZION is the place where God especially makes himself present among his people. ⇐
INTRODUCTION “This is evidently a liturgical psalm, and was intended originally, it would seem, to be sung on behalf of a king who was about to go forth to war against his enemies. As the king stands...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm seems to have been composed for a special occasion, when David was about to proceed on an expedition against a foreign enemy. It is liturgical, and written to be recited in the c...
Psa 20:1-9 is to the chief musician also. It is a psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble (Psalms 20:1); Actually, Jehovah, "May Jehovah hear you in the day of trouble." the name of...
1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 8:44; 1 Kings 8:45; 2 Chronicles 20:8;...