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PSALM XX
_A prayer for the king in his enterprises, that his prayers may_
_be heard, his offerings accepted, and his wishes fulfilled_,
1-4.
_Confidence of victory expressed_, 5, 6.
_Vain hopes e...
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THE LORD HEAR THEE IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE - According to the view
expressed in the introduction to the psalm, this is the language of
the people praying for their king, or expressing the hope that he
w...
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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)...
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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...
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TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ See App-4.
HEAR. answer.
NAME. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the
person himself. Occurs three times in t...
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_hear thee_ R.V., answer thee, and so in Psalms 20:6_; Psalms 20:9_.
_the day of trouble_ Or _distress_, when _adversaries_(a cognate word)
press him hard. The impending campaign is specially, though...
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The people's prayer for their king's success....
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_The church blesseth the king in his exploits: her confidence in God's
succour._
To the chief musician, A Psalm of David.
_TITLE._— לדוד מזמור למנצח _lamnatseach mizmor
ledavid._ This Psalm is suppos...
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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...
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_THE LORD HEAR THEE IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE; THE NAME OF THE GOD OF
JACOB DEFEND THEE;_
Israel's prayer for its anointed king in battle. So the Church's
prayer for her Messiah's triumph. Psalms 20:1 and...
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20:1 thee; (f-25) Or 'set thee up on high.'...
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THE NAME] is equivalent to the God to whom it belongs. It expresses
all that is known about Him. DEFEND THEE] RV 'set thee up on high,'
over all enemies....
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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...
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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...
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DAY OF TROUBLE... GOD OF JACOB. — This certainly recalls the
patriarch’s words (Genesis 35:3), “I will make there an altar unto
God, who answered me in the day of my distress.” The “name”
alone of the...
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לַ † מְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמֹ֥ור לְ דָוִֽד׃ ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David." The (a) LORD hear thee in
the day of trouble; the (b) name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
(a) By this kings are also admonished to call to God in their af...
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CONTENTS
We have here a prayer, put up by the whole church in faith, for
Jehovah's prospering the cause of his glorious Messiah, the Church's
king. And the Church, already taking for granted that wha...
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Psalms 19
_ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
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The inscription shows that the psalm was composed by David; but though
he was its author, there is no absurdity in his speaking of himself in
the person of others. The office of a prophet having been...
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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...
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THE LORD HEAR THEE IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE,.... All the days of Christ
were days of trouble; he was a brother born for adversity; a man of
sorrows, and acquainted with griefs; he had his own sorrows, an...
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Psalms 20:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » The LORD
hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend
thee;
_A Psalm of David_] Or, concerning David; so Kimchi. Or, fo...
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_The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble_ It was often a day of
trouble with David. “Neither the crown on his head,” says Henry,
“nor the grace in his heart, would exempt him from trouble.” But
in hi...
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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...
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The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble, graciously and attentively
listening to the king's call when he would find himself in a difficult
and dangerous position; THE NAME OF THE GOD OF JACOB, the mi...
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DEFEND THEE:
_ Heb._ set thee on an high place...
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PSALM 20 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm contains a prayer to be used by the
people, both now on the behalf of king David, when he was undertaking
some great expedition, going forth, as is supposed, against t...
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Psalms 20:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Psalm H4210 David H1732 LORD H3068
answer H6030 (H8799) day H3117 trouble...
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THE LEADING INTERCESSOR SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE BY WAY OF INTERCESSION
(PSALMS 20:1).
We note here the singular ‘you'. The reference is probably to the
whole people seen as one. Or it may be spoken to th...
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DEFEND
Hebrew, "set thee on an high place....
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Psalms 20:1
I. The God of Jacob tells us, by the very name, that He is a God who
is not deterred by a great transgression, or by great proneness to
transgression, from constituting Himself the Guide...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Exodus 3:13; Exodus 34:5; Genesis 32:27; Genesis 48:15; Genesis 48:1
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God of Jacob — God had made a covenant with Jacob and his posterity....