Psalms 20:9

Let the king — God, the supreme monarch, the king of kings, and in a peculiar manner the king of Israel.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Save, Lord - “ Yahweh, save.” This is still an earnest prayer. Confident as they are of success and triumph, yet they do not forget their dependen...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Save, LORD: (h) let the king hear us when we call. (h) Let the king be able to deliver us by your strength, when we seek him for help.
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Save, LORD , or,. LORD, save. Or, with Septuagint, "Jehovah save the king". Compare Psalms 20:6 . when . in the day when. See App-18.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. Save, O Jehovah! etc. Some read in one sentence, O Jehovah! save the king; (478) perhaps because they think it wrong to attribute to...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. Save, Lord - This verse was spoken by all the congregation, and was the chorus and conclusion of the p...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Save, Lord, &c.— Lord, save the king: He will hear us, when we call: Or, And hear us, when we call. Houbigant and Mudge. REFLECTIONS.— W...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. Save, Lord. The renewed prayer has relation to Psalms 20:6 , "the Lord saveth;" "Save Lord,"...
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

Read with LXX 'O Lord, save the king: and answer us when we call.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Save Lord... — The Authorised Version follows the accentuation of the Masoretic text, but spoils the rhythm, and interrupts the sense. The LXX. and...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS WHO can read this Psalm, and behold to whom it refers, and then call to mind the blessed victories of our King and Saviour, but must wit...
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

Save, Lord ,.... Not "the king", as the Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic versions read the words, joining the word "king" to them, which is in the n...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. Ver. 9. Save, Lord ] A short but pithy prayer: Quam multa quam paucis. Let the king hear us] Th...
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

Either, 1. David. 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 re...
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 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

Save, Lord! Let the King hear us when we call, or, "Save the king, O Jehovah, hear us in the day of our calling"; just the right proportion of humble...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 21:15 ; Matthew 21:9 ; Psalms 2:6-10 ; Psalms 24:7 ; Psalms 44:4 ; Psalms 5:2 ; Psalms 74:12 ; Psalms 118:25 ; Psalms 118:26

⁹ Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 20:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

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

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

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