Psalms 20:9

_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 hear us," Psalms 20:9. As prayer led to the confident anticipation of faith there, so the anticipation of faith in God's promise there leads to renewed prayer here. Thus the psalm closes similarly to its beginning, "The Lord hear" (Psalms 20:1). The article is emphatic, "Let THE king hear us;" the true King, of whom David is the type and vice-gerent, Yahweh M

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 upon, and to hear prayer. But if we turn our eyes towards Christ, as it becomes us to do, we will no longer wonder that what properly belongs to him is attributed in a certain sense to David and his successors, in so far as they were types of Christ. As God governs and saves us by the hand of Christ, we must not look for salvation from any other quarter. In like manner, the faithful under the former economy were accustomed to betake themselves to their king as the minister of God’s saving grace. Hence these words of Jeremiah, “The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.” (Lame

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_ _the day of our calling_. The _Vulgate, Septuagint, AEthiopic,_ _Arabic, Anglo-Saxon_, read the verse thus: _Lord, save the king! and_ _hear us whensoever we shall call upon thee_. The _Syriac_ reads differently: _The Lord will save us: and our king will hear us in_ _the day in which we shall call upon him_. This refers all to GOD: while the others refer the latter clause _to_ DAVID. _Lord, save_ _David_; and _David will save us_. "If thou preservest _him_, he will be thy minister for good to _us_." This appears to be the easiest sense of the place, and harmonizes with all the rest....

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 from his hand. There was, indeed, exultation, but it was exultation in the belief that God would grant success - an exultation connected with, and springing from prayer. Prayer is not inconsistent with the most confident anticipation of success in any undertaking; and confidence of success can only spring from prayer. LET THE KING - That is, let “God,” spoken of here as the Great King. The connection and the parallelism demand this interpretation, for to God only is this prayer addressed. He is here invoked as the supreme monarch. A king going forth to war implores the protection of a greater king than himself - the King of all nations; and who, therefore, had the disposal of the whole result...

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

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 right, because of the accent "athnach", which divides these words from the following; rather the word us may be supplied; and so the Syriac version renders it, "the Lord will deliver us"; and the Targum is, "O Lord", פרק לן, "redeem us", or "save us"; that is, with a temporal, spiritual, and eternal salvation: this petition is directed to Jehovah the Father, as the following is to the King Messiah; LET THE KING HEAR US WHEN WE CALL; for not God the Father is here meant, though he is an everlasting King, the King of kings; and who hears his people, when they call upon him, and while they are calling; yet he is rarely, if ever, called "the King", without any other additional epithet; whereas t...

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 conqueror, it is a Te Deum, as the king has triumphed, and has returned from the conflict to enjoy the congratulations of his loyal subjects. Psalms 20:1. _The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;_ This is a prayer for David, a prayer for Jesus, and a prayer for every child of God: «Jehovah hear thee in the day of trouble.» What dost thou want? Remember that the Lord gives thee this promise, «Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.» «The name of the God of Jacob defend thee.» The God that took care of Jacob when he slept with a stone for his pillow; the God that guarded him when he was a s

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._...

SAVE, LORD, or,. LORD, save. Or, with Septuagint, "Jehovah save the king". Compare Psalms 20:6. WHEN. in the day when. See App-18....