Verse Psalms 20:4. _GRANT THEE ACCORDING TO THINE OWN HEART_] May God give thee whatsoever thou art setting thy heart upon, and accomplish all _thy desires_! This was probably the prayer of the _high...
GRANT THEE ACCORDING TO THINE OWN HEART - According to thy wishes; according to the desires of thy heart. AND FULFIL ALL THY COUNSEL - All that thou hast designed or undertaken in the matter; that is...
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...
_according to thine own heart_ The literal rendering of the Heb. The R.V. restores the more graceful rendering of P.B.V., _thy heart's desire_; but the expression is a different one from that in Psalm...
The people's prayer for their king's success....
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...
_GRANT THEE ACCORDING TO THINE OWN HEART, AND FULFIL ALL THY COUNSEL._ Grant thee. The gracious answer to this is joyfully acknowledged, Psalms 21:2. The desire of Israel's king was for divine help i...
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...
ACCORDING TO THINE OWN HEART] RV 'thy heart's desire,' i.e. victory. COUNSEL] plan of campaign: see 2 Samuel 17....
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...
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...
Sweetness. Hebrew, "of goodness," the effects of thy mercy. (Haydock) --- Thou hast made David a king according to thy own heart, and granted him victory, and many favours, even before he had asked fo...
God the Father promised to be with his Christ through the whole of his undertaking. Psalms 89:22, etc. But observe how the church hath an eye to the merits of Jesus's obedience and sacrifice. And what...
Psalms 19 _ Proper Psalm for Christmas Day_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 19-21 = _ Day 4_ (_Morning_)....
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...
GRANT THEE ACCORDING TO THINE OWN HEART,.... Which is to see his seed, the travail of his soul, and to have the pleasure of the Lord prosper in his hand; to have all his people called, preserved, and...
Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. Ver. 4. _Grant thee according to thine own heart_] David's heart was according to God's heart (otherwise this had not been a warra...
_Send thee help from the sanctuary_ Either from heaven, as it is expressed Psalms 20:6; or, rather, from the tabernacle in Zion, where the ark then was; toward which the Israelites directed their pray...
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...
ACCORDING TO THINE OWN HEART, i.e. that good success which thy heart desires. ALL THY COUNSELS; thy present design for God, and for his and thy people....
Psalms 20:4 grant H5414 (H8799) hearts H3824 fulfill H4390 (H8762) purpose H6098 Psalms 21:2,
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...
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...
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...
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...
WHAT IS YOUR WISH? Thy heart's desire. Psalms 20:4. What do you wish for most? Tell me, and I shall tell you what sort of a boy or girl you are. For your wishes are like a handful of grass thrown up...
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
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...
1 John 5:14; 1 John 5:15; John 11:42; John 16:23; Matthew 21:22;...