Psalms 20:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

Remember. The word "remember" х yizkor (H2142)] alludes to the portion of the meat offering (so minchowt (H4503) "offerings," here expresses) taken for a 'memorial' unto the Lord ['azkaaraah], and burnt by the priest in the fire, for a sweet savour, to put God in remembrance of the offerer (Leviticus 2:9). The offerings meant are the festive oblations presented by the king in going forth to battle (cf. Acts 10:4).

Selah. The "Selah" implies here that between this verse and the following one the offering the sacrifices intervened, during which there was a solemn pause (Hengstenberg).

Accept, х yªdashªneh (H1878)] - literally, make fat, and so to regard as an acceptable victim (Hengstenberg). Rather, from a root х daashen (H1878)], 'ashes,' 'to reduce to ashes' by fire, as God did in the case of acceptable sacrifices (Buxtorf). (Compare 1 Kings 18:38; 1 Chronicles 21:26).

Psalms 20:3

3 Remember all thy offerings, and acceptc thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.