Psalm 20

Prayer for Victory over Enemies.

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May the Lord answer you ^(A)in the day of trouble!
May the ^(B)name of the ^(C)God of Jacob set you securely on high!

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May He send you help ^(D)from the sanctuary
And ^(E)support you from Zion!

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May He ^(F)remember all your meal offerings
And ^(G)find your burnt offering ^(a)acceptable! ^(b)Selah.

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May He grant you your ^(H)heart’s desire
And ^(I)fulfill all your ^(c)counsel!

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^(d)We will ^(J)sing for joy over your ^(e)victory,
And in the name of our God we will ^(K)set up our banners.
May the Lord ^(L)fulfill all your petitions.

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Now ^(M)I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will ^(N)answer him from His holy heaven
With the ^(f)^(O)saving strength of His right hand.

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Some ^(g)boast in chariots and some in ^(P)horses,
But ^(Q)we ^(h)will boast in the name of the Lord, our God.

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They have ^(R)bowed down and fallen,
But we have ^(S)risen and stood upright.

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⁽ⁱ⁾^(T)Save, O Lord;
May the ^(U)King answer us in the day we call.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 20:3: ['Lit ', fat]

b. Psalm 20:3: [Selah, ' may mean: ', Pause, Crescendo, ' or ', Musical interlude]

c. Psalm 20:4: ['Or ', purpose]

d. Psalm 20:5: ['Or ', Let us sing]

e. Psalm 20:5: ['Or ', salvation]

f. Psalm 20:6: ['Or ', mighty deeds of the victory of His right hand]

g. Psalm 20:7: ['Or praise ', chariots, ', or trust, or are strong ', through]

h. Psalm 20:7: ['Lit ', make mention of, '; or ', praise the name]

i. Psalm 20:9: ['Or ', O Lord, , save the king; answer us]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 20:1: Psalm 50:15

B. Psalm 20:1: Psalm 91:14

C. Psalm 20:1: Psalm 46:7; Psalm 46:11

D. Psalm 20:2: Psalm 3:4

E. Psalm 20:2: Psalm 110:2

F. Psalm 20:3: Acts 10:4

G. Psalm 20:3: Psalm 51:19

H. Psalm 20:4: Psalm 21:2

I. Psalm 20:4: Psalm 145:19

J. Psalm 20:5: Psalm 9:14

K. Psalm 20:5: Psalm 60:4

L. Psalm 20:5: 1 Samuel 1:17

M. Psalm 20:6: Psalm 41:11

N. Psalm 20:6: Isaiah 58:9

O. Psalm 20:6: Psalm 28:8

P. Psalm 20:7: Psalm 33:17

R. Psalm 20:8: Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:17

S. Psalm 20:8: Psalm 37:24; Micah 7:8

T. Psalm 20:9: Psalm 3:7

U. Psalm 20:9: Psalm 17:6