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 the Ammonites and Syrians, 2Sa 10, or some other potent enemies, and hereafter in like cases. The church prayeth God to hear and defend the king, Psalms 20:1; and for a blessing on all his designs, Psalms 20:2-6; and showeth wherein the confidence of some is; but theirs is in God, Psalms 20:7-9. In the day of trouble; in this time of war and danger. Name of the God of Jacob, i.e. God himself; for names are oft put for persons, as Numbers 26:53 Acts 1:15, Acts 4:12; and the name of God for God, as Deuteronomy 28:58 Nehemiah 9:5 Psalms 44:8,20 Pr 18:10, and oft elsewhere. He calls him the God of Jacob, or Israel, partly to distinguish him from false gods; and partly as an argument to enforce the prayer, because God had made a league or covenant with Jacob and his posterity, who are called by the name of Jacob, Psalms 147:19,20 Isa 44:2, and whose cause David was now pleading against their enemies.
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Psalms 20:1
1 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defenda thee;