Psalms 20:5

_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 faith. We shall be given by thee occasion to rejoice etc. From the form of the Hebrew [the appended Hebrew letter he (h) marking the optative], as well as because the concluding clause, "the Lord fulfill all thy petitions," is a wish, Hengstenberg translates 'May we rejoice over thy salvation, and ... be lifted up.' But the Septuagint, Arabic, Syriac, and Vulgate versions support the English version. THY SALVATION - the salvation which thou grantest to our king. "Thy" is parallel to "our God." SET UP OUR BANNERS (Psalms 60:4) - as Moses, after the discomfiture of Amalek by Israel, built an altar, and called the name of it Yahweh Nissi - i:e., 'Yahweh my

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 if it had been said, Lord, make us to rejoice. Others think that the faithful, after having finished their prayer, encourage themselves to entertain good hope; (474) or rather, being already inspired with an assured hope of success, they begin to sing, so to speak, of the victory, even as it is usual with David to intermingle such kind of rejoicings with his prayers, thereby to stir up himself to continue with the more alacrity in prayer. But upon considering the whole more carefully, my opinion is, that what is meant to be expressed is the effect or fruit which would result from the bestowment of the grace and favor of God, for which the people prayed; and, therefore, I have thought it nec...

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 thy name. It is said that the _Maccabees_ had their name from the inscription on their banners; which was taken from Exodus 15:11, מי כמכה באלם יהוה mi camochah baelim Yehovah, "Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods?" The word being formed from the _initial_ letters מ M, כ C, ב B, י I, מכבי Ma Ca B I, whence _Maccabeus_ and _Maccabees_. The words of this verse were spoken by David and his officers; immediately after which I suppose the high priest to have added, _The Lord fulfil all thy petitions_!...

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 the joy which they would have in the expected deliverance from danger, and their conviction that through his strength they would be able to obtain it. The word salvation here means deliverance; to wit, from the anticipated danger. The phrase implies that God would interpose to save them; it expresses alike their confidence in that, and the fact that such a deliverance would fill their hearts with joy and rejoicing. AND IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD - This indicates a sense of dependence on God, and also that the enterprise undertaken was in order to promote his honor and glory. It was not in their own strength, nor was it to promote the purposes of conquest and the ends of ambition; it was that Go...

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 court of the tabernacle by the high priest and people. The date of its composition is after the transfer of the ark from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David (2 Samuel 6:12-10), as appears from Psalms 20:2. The conjecture which attaches it to the Syrian War described in 2 Samuel 10:17-10, is probable. There is no reason to doubt the authorship of David, asserted in the title, and admitted by most critics. The psalm divides into two portions—the first of five, and the s

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 upon the accomplishment of the above things for instance, she would rejoice in the salvation of the Messiah; meaning either the salvation and deliverance from death and the grave, and all other enemies, which he himself is possessed of, and which enters into, and is the occasion of the joy of his people; for not his sufferings and death only, but chiefly his resurrection from the dead, session at God's right hand, and intercession for them, cause the triumph of faith in him, and further the joy of it, Romans 8:33; or else the salvation he is the author of, which being so great, so suitable, so complete and perfect, and an everlasting one; is matter of joy to all sensible of their need of it...

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 offers up a prayer for him. Psalms 20:1. _The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;_ And so it came to pass; in that dread night in Gethsemane, Jesus «was heard in that he feared.» The God of wrestling Jacob heard the cries of his dear Son, and defended him, or supported him, as it is in the marginal reading. Psalms 20:2. _Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;_ And you know how there came, from yonder heavenly Jerusalem, an angel strengthening him. The celestial messenger stood. at his side amidst

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) Psalms 20:1. “My Redeemer” was the last word of the previous Psalm. Christ the Redeemer of His people is revealed in this Psalm. His death and sacrificial work, revealed in Psalms 22:1, are here anticipated. He who humbled Himself has been heard by Jehovah, He has set Him upon high (marginal reading), He has sent Him help, He has accepted His great offering, the whole burnt of

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 would seem to place the Ps. in pre-exilic times, unless we are prepared to carry it down to the reign of Aristobulus I (p. 608), the first of the Maccabees who took the royal title (105 B.C.). Certainly the religious tone is in favour of a Maccabean date. PSALMS 20:9. Follow _mg._...

FULFIL. will fulfil....