Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 20:9
Let the king — God, the supreme monarch, the king of kings, and in a peculiar manner the king of Israel.
Let the king — God, the supreme monarch, the king of kings, and in a peculiar manner the king of Israel.
Verse Psalms 20:9. _SAVE, LORD_] This verse was spoken by all the _congregation_, and was the _chorus_ and _conclusion_ of the piece. The verse may be read, _Lord, save the king! He will hear as in_...
SAVE, LORD - “Yahweh, save.” This is still an earnest prayer. Confident as they are of success and triumph, yet they do not forget their dependence on God; they do not forget that victory must come fr...
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...
SAVE, LORD, or,. LORD, save. Or, with Septuagint, "Jehovah save the king". Compare Psalms 20:6. WHEN. in the day when. See App-18....
Concluding prayer of the people. The rendering of A.V. and R.V. follows the punctuation of the Massoretic text. The prayer _for_the earthly king is addressed _to_the heavenly King whose representativ...
SAVE, LORD, &C.— _Lord, save the king: He will hear us, when we call:_ Or, _And hear us, when we call._ Houbigant and Mudge. REFLECTIONS.—We have here, 1. The matter of the people's requests: That in...
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...
_SAVE, LORD: LET THE KING HEAR US WHEN WE CALL._ SAVE, LORD. The renewed prayer has relation to Psalms 20:6, "the Lord saveth;" "Save Lord," Psalms 20:9; "he will hear him," Psalms 20:6; "let the king...
20:9 call. (h-12) Or 'Let Jehovah save the king. Let him answer,' &c....
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...
READ WITH LXX 'O Lord, save the king: and answer us when we call.'...
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...
SAVE LORD... — The Authorised Version follows the accentuation of the Masoretic text, but spoils the rhythm, and interrupts the sense. The LXX. and Vulg., followed by all modern commentators, dividing...
_[Psalms 20:10]_ יְהוָ֥ה הֹושִׁ֑יעָה הַ֝ מֶּ֗לֶךְ יַעֲנֵ֥נוּ...
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...
Save, LORD: (h) let the king hear us when we call. (h) Let the king be able to deliver us by your strength, when we seek him for help....
PSALM XX. (DOMINE IN VIRTUTE.) Praise to God for Christ's exaltation after his passion. Thy hand. O king, Messias, or God. No earthly monarch can always punish his enemies. But none can escape the h...
Beautiful and striking contrast! and which is manifested in the experience of the world every day, in the different characters: the faithful in their deliverances, and the ungodly in their false confi...
REFLECTIONS WHO can read this Psalm, and behold to whom it refers, and then call to mind the blessed victories of our King and Saviour, but must with heart-felt joy join in every part of it while cele...
Psalms 19 _ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
9._Save, O Jehovah! etc. _Some read in one sentence, _O Jehovah! save the king; _(478) perhaps because they think it wrong to attribute to an earthly king what is proper to God only, — to be called up...
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...
SAVE, LORD,.... Not "the king", as the Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions read the words, joining the word "king" to them, which is in the next clause; but this, as Aben Ezra observes, is not r...
Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. Ver. 9. _Save, Lord_] A short but pithy prayer: _Quam multa quam paucis._ Let the king hear us] They beg of God that the king may hear them, so as to g...
_Some trust in chariots_ This again was spoken by the people. The word _trust_ is not in the Hebrew, which is more literally translated, _These in their chariots, and those on their horses, but we wil...
Save, Lord! Let the King hear us when we call, or, "Save the king, O Jehovah, hear us in the day of our calling"; just the right proportion of humble pleading and confident requesting, as it behooves...
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...
Either, 1. David. So the sense is, O Lord, preserve and assist the king, that when we are distressed and cry to him for help, he may be able and ready to help us. Or, 2. God, the supreme Monarch, th...
Psalms 20:9 Save H3467 (H8685) LORD H3068 King H4428 answer H6030 (H8799) when H3117 call H7121 ...
THE PEOPLE AGAIN RESPOND ASSERTING THEIR TOTAL DEPENDENCE ON YHWH (PSALMS 20:7). Psalms 20:7 ‘Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, But we will make mention of the name of YHWH our God.' The...
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...
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,...
_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 20:9 The terms SAVE and “salvation” are repeated in this psalm (vv. Psalms 20:5,...
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...
Matthew 21:15; Matthew 21:9; Psalms 2:6; Psalms 24:7; Psalms 44:4;...