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Psalm 20 American Standard Version (1901)

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  • Protestant
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
  • NT: Critical text
  • Protestant (66 books)
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 1901
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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings

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ASV American Standard Version (1901)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble; The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, And strengthen thee out of Zion;
2 send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,
3 Remember all thy offerings, And accept thy burnt-sacrifice; [Selah
3 remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice. Selah.
4 Grant thee thy heart’s desire, And fulfil all thy counsel.
4 May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.
5 We will triumph in thy salvation, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners: Jehovah fulfil all thy petitions.
5 We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May Yahweh grant all your requests.
6 Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed; He will answer him from his holy heaven With the saving strength of his right hand.
6 Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.
7 Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses; But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of Yahweh our God.
8 They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.
8 They are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright.
9 Save, Jehovah: Let the King answer us when we call.
9 Save, Yahweh! Let the King answer us when we call!
Cross references (9)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Proverbs 18:10; Psalm 138:7; Psalm 91:14–15; Psalm 46:11; Isaiah 50:10
  2. 2 1 Kings 8:44–45; Isaiah 14:32; Isaiah 12:6; 1 Kings 6:16; 2 Chronicles 20:8–9
  3. 3 2 Chronicles 7:1; Psalm 51:19; Acts 10:4; 1 Chronicles 21:26; Ephesians 5:2
  4. 4 Psalm 145:19; Psalm 37:4; Matthew 21:22; Psalm 21:2; John 16:23
  5. 5 Exodus 17:15; 1 Samuel 1:17; Psalm 60:4; Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 61:10
  6. 6 Psalm 28:8; Acts 5:31; Psalm 18:50; Psalm 89:20–23; Acts 4:10
  7. 7 Isaiah 31:1; Jeremiah 17:5; Proverbs 21:31; Psalm 33:16–17; 2 Chronicles 32:8
  8. 8 Psalm 125:1; Micah 7:8; Psalm 34:21–22; Jeremiah 17:7–8; Judges 5:31
  9. 9 Psalm 5:2; Psalm 44:4; Psalm 118:25–26; Matthew 21:15; Psalm 74:12

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XIX)

    It is a well-known title; nor does the Lord Jesus Christ say what follows, but it is said of Him. 2. "The heavens tell out the glory of God" (ver. 1).

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)