To the chief musician, a psalm of David
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📚The LORD hear you in the day of trouble.
The name of the God of Jacob 📖
defend you 📖;
20:1 It seems that this psalm was written as a prayer for the king facing a battle. It was for the chief musician – that is, to be sung publicly. The first five verses express the desire of the people for the king’s welfare. But they are fitting words to express the needs of every child of God.⚜
2 📚Send you help from
the sanctuary 📖,
and strengthen you
out of Zion,
3 📚Remember all your
offerings,
and accept your burnt
sacrifice. Selah
20:3 There are still offerings and sacrifices God’s people want Him to keep in mind – Rom 12:1-2; Heb 13:15-16.⚜
4 📚May he grant you according
to the desire of your heart 📖,
and fulfil all your purpose 📖.
5 📚We will rejoice
in your salvation,
and in the name of our God
we will set up our
banners 📖.
May the LORD fulfil
all your petitions 📖.
6 📚Now I know that the LORD
saves his anointed.
He will hear him from
his holy heaven
with the saving strength
of his right hand.
20:6 Here is a shift from the plural to the singular pronoun. Perhaps a priest or Levite or the chief musician was to sing these words. It would be no mistake to believe that the “anointed” here refers to the Lord Jesus Christ. The king of Israel was a type, a picture of Him Who was born King of the Jews (Matt 1:1; 2:2-6).⚜
7 📚 Some trust in chariots,
and some in horses;
but we will remember the name
of the LORD our God.
8 📚They are brought down
and fallen,
but we have risen and
stand upright.
20:8 That in which a person trusts will determine in large measure the experiences and results for good or evil in his life (Ps 32:10; 34:8; Prov 11:28; 28:26; Isa 31:1-3; 42:17; 47:10-11; Jer 7:4, 8, 14, 15; 13:24-25; 17:5, 7; Ezek 33:13; Hos 10:13; Acts 16:31).⚜
9 📚Save, LORD!
May the king hear us 📖
when we call.
20:7-9 Again the plural pronoun is used as the people express their confidence and joy in God. ⚜
20:9 Here is a recognition that Jehovah is the true, the eternal King.⚜