Psalms 20:7-9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 will remember, make mention of, or, celebrate, the name of the Lord our God; that is, we will remember, or make mention of it, so as to boast of or trust in it. They are brought down From their horses and chariots, to which they trusted. Hebrew, כרעו, charegnu, they bowed down, as being unable to stand longer, because of their mortal wounds. See Judges 5:27. But we are risen, and stand upright Stand firmly, and keep the field. Let the king hear us Either, 1st, David; and so the sense is, O Lord, preserve and assist the king, that, when we are distressed, and cry to him for help, he may be able and ready to help us: or, 2d, Let God, the supreme Monarch, the King of kings, and, in a peculiar manner, the King of Israel, hear and answer us, when we pray for our king and people. But Dr. Waterland renders the verse, very agreeably to the Hebrew, Lord, save the king. He (that is, the Lord) will hear us when we call.