Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 20:5
Rejoice — Hereby they shew their confidence in God, and their assurance of the victory. Name — To the honour of God. Set up — In way of triumph.
Rejoice — Hereby they shew their confidence in God, and their assurance of the victory. Name — To the honour of God. Set up — In way of triumph.
Verse Psalms 20:5. _WE WILL REJOICE IN THY SALVATION_] We expect help from thee alone; it is in thy cause we engage; and to _thee_, as our war is a just one, we consecrate our banners, inscribed with...
WE WILL REJOICE IN THY SALVATION - According to the idea of the psalm suggested in the introduction, this is a response of the king and those associated with him in going forth to battle. It expresses...
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...
FULFIL. will fulfil....
The prayer is still continued. _Let us_(or, _That we may) shout for joy at thy salvation_; Jehovah Himself was Israel's Saviour (Psalms 21:1; 1 Samuel 10:19), and the king was His chosen instrument fo...
The people's prayer for their king's success....
WE WILL SET UP OUR BANNERS— _We shall set up our banners;_ "We shall have a triumphant procession upon thy victory with shouts and banners displayed." The LXX, Vulgate, and Syriac, render it, _We shal...
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...
_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._ We will rejoice. From prayer he passes to the confident anticipation of f...
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...
THY SALVATION] the deliverance to be wrought by the king's success. SET UP _our_ BANNERS] lift them up and wave them in triumph....
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...
WE WILL SET UP OUR BANNERS. — Rather, _we will wave our banners._ (Comp. Song of Solomon 6:10.) The whole army, or their representatives, assembled in the Temple courts, raise the encouraging shout....
_[Psalms 20:6]_ נְרַנְּנָ֤ה ׀ בִּ֘ ישׁ֤וּעָתֶ֗ךָ וּ בְ...
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...
We will rejoice in thy (d) salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up [our] banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. (d) Granted to the king in whose wealth our happiness stands....
And ever. David was much favoured, and reigned a long time, as well as his posterity, 2 Kings vii. 12, 29. But this was literally verified only in the Messias, (Calmet) who was his son; (Haydock) and...
This is a blessed triumph of faith. And the people of God do already celebrate the victories of Jesus, and their victories in him, from their oneness with Christ, even in the wilderness below. Hence t...
_GOD’S NAME_ ‘The name of our God.’ Psalms 20:5 The Psalmist remembers the ‘name’ of God, the expression implying, not a transient thought, but meditation, consideration; and yet the result of the...
Psalms 19 _ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
5._That we may rejoice in thy salvation. _This verse may be explained in two other ways, besides the sense it bears according to the translation which I have given. Some consider it to be a prayer, as...
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...
WE WILL REJOICE IN THY SALVATION,.... That is, "so will we", c. or "that we may" p, c. or "let us" these words, with what follow, point at the end of the church's requests, and what she resolved to do...
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. Ver. 5. _We will rejoice in thy salvation_] _i.e._ We are well assured th...
_We will rejoice in thy salvation_ Hereby they show their confidence in God, and their assurance of the victory. _In the name of our God_ That is, to the honour of God, _we will set up our banners_ In...
We will rejoice in thy salvation, over the victory which would be sure to come to the king's arms, AND IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD WE WILL SET UP OUR BANNERS, letting them wave in token of the victory gain...
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...
WE WILL REJOICE: hereby they show their confidence in God, and their assurance of the victory. IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD, i.e. to the honour of God, as the Conqueror. WE WILL SET UP OUR BANNERS, in way o...
Psalms 20:5 rejoice H7442 (H8762) salvation H3444 name H8034 God H430 banners H1713 (H8799) LORD H3068 fulfill...
THE PEOPLE'S RESPONSE (PSALMS 20:5 A). Psalms 20:5 ‘We will triumph in your salvation, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.' The people make response by declaring their faith and...
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,...
_We will rejoice in Thy salvation._ JOY IN GOD’S SALVATION The joy, the gladness, the rhapsody, the exultation, the young heaven begun in the heart of the newborn convert is the nearest thing to Para...
_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...
THE BANNER OF VICTORY In the name of our God we will set up our banners. Psalms 20:5. On the day the Armistice was signed, I walked down the streets of one of our big cities and what do you think I...
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
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 Samuel 17:45; Exodus 17:15; Habakkuk 3:18; Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 12: