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Psalm 20
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
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Footnotes
The Day of Trouble
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble;may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. 2May He send you help from the sanctuaryand sustain you from Zion. 3May He remember all your giftsand look favorably on your burnt offerings.Selah 4May He give you the desires of your heartand make all your plans succeed. 5May we shout for joy at your victoryand raise a banner in the name of our God.May the LORD grant all your petitions.
6Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed;He answers him from His holy heavenwith the saving power of His right hand. 7Some trust in chariots and others in horses,but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. 8They collapse and fall,but we rise up and stand firm. 9O LORD, savefootnote athe king.Answer us on the day we call.
Footnotes
- a 20:9 Or give victory to
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