Psalms 20:8

stand upright. are established.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 20:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XX. A prayer for deliverance from national disaster, changing (probably after the sacrifice has been offered) into confidence at Psalms 20:6 ; Now...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 overt...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. They are brought down and fallen. According to their objects of confid...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Brought down] RV 'bowed down.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 o...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 th...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Beautiful and striking contrast! and which is manifested in the experience of the world every day, in the different characters: the faithful in their...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 19 Proper Psalm for Christmas Day ( Morning ). Psalms 19-21 = Day 4 ( Morning ).
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 plac...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 hav...
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 th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Subject's Prayer for the Sovereign. 6 Now know I that the L ORD...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 th...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 f...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 2...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 th...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm seems to have been composed for a special occasion, when David was about to proceed on an expedition against a foreign e...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They, the enemies who so foolishly trust in their own power, are brought down and fallen, first bowing down, sinking to the knees, and then lying p...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 17:7 ; Jeremiah 17:8 ; Judges 5:31 ; Psalms 34:21 ; Psalms 34:22 ; Psalms 125:1 ; Psalms 146:5-9
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Brought down — From their horses and chariots, to which they trusted. Stand — Stand firmly, and keep the field.

⁸ They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 20:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 20:8