“ They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. ”
They are brought down and fallen - That is, those who trust in chariots and horses. The reference here is undoubtedly to the enemies against whom the king was about to wage war, and the language...
(g) They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. (g) The worldlings who do not put their trust in God alone.
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 on...
stand upright . are established.
8. They are bowed down. It is probable that there is here pointed out, as it were with the finger, the enemies of Israel, whom God had overthrown, when they regarded no event as less likely...
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. They are brought down and fallen - They were so confident of victory that they looked upon it as already gained. They who truste...
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. They are brought down and fallen. According to their objects of confidence respectively, so is the portion of the world...
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. Ther...
Stand upright. — We seem to see a whole battle fought before our eyes, in which those formerly struck down rise, and returning to the fight, beat off their foes, and in their turn lay them low. “We...
Psalms 20:1-9 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 ho...
the Saving Strength of God's Right Hand Psalms 20:1-9 This may have been written on such an occasion as 2 Samuel 10:1-19 . The prayer of the soldiers, Psalms 20:1-4 . Ready, drawn up for...
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...
Beautiful and striking contrast! and which is manifested in the experience of the world every day, in the different characters: the faithful in their deliverances, and the ungodly in their false conf...
Psalms 19 Proper Psalm for Christmas Day ( Morning ). Psalms 19-21 = Day 4 ( Morning ).
They are brought down and fallen ,.... These are they that rode in chariots and on horses, and trusted in them; who are brought down from their places of honour and safety; and fall, not into the ha...
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. Ver. 8. They are brought down, &c. ] They lie flat by the fall they have taken, being confuted in their confidences, as B...
Some trust in chariots This again was spoken by the people. The word trust is not in the Hebrew, which is more literally translated, These in their chariots, and those on their horses, but we wi...
The Subject's Prayer for the Sovereign. 6 Now know I that the L ORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his hol...
They are brought down from their horses and chariots, to which they trusted. Heb. They bowed down , as being unable to stand longer, because of their mortal wounds. Compare Judges 5:27 . But w...
The People Again Respond Asserting Their Total Dependence on YHWH ( Psalms 20:7-9 ). Psalms 20:7 ‘Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, But we will make mention of the name of YHWH our G...
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 stand...
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 offe...
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 nat...
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...
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...
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 J...
Jeremiah 17:7 ; Jeremiah 17:8 ; Judges 5:31 ; Psalms 34:21 ; Psalms 34:22 ; Psalms 125:1 ; Psalms 146:5-9
Brought down — From their horses and chariots, to which they trusted. Stand — Stand firmly, and keep the field.