Prayer for Victory over Enemies.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
20 May the Lord answer you (A)on a day of trouble!
May the (B)name of the (C)God of Jacob [a]protect you!
2 May He send you help (D)from the sanctuary,
And (E)support you from Zion!
3 May He (F)remember all your meal offerings
And [b](G)accept your burnt offering! Selah
4 May He grant you your (H)heart’s desire
And (I)fulfill your whole plan!
5 [c]We will (J)sing for joy over your [d]victory,
And in the name of our God we will (K)set up our banners.
May the Lord (L)fulfill all your desires.
6 Now (M)I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will (N)answer him from His holy heaven
With the [e](O)saving strength of His right hand.
7 Some praise their chariots and some their (P)horses,
But (Q)we will praise the name of the Lord, our God.
8 They have (R)bowed down and fallen,
But we have (S)risen and stood upright.
9 [f](T)Save, Lord;
May the (U)King answer us on the day we call.
Footnotes
- Psalm 20:1 Lit make you high and inaccessible
- Psalm 20:3 Lit consider your...as fat
- Psalm 20:5 Or Let’s sing
- Psalm 20:5 Or salvation
- Psalm 20:6 Or mighty deeds of the victory of His right hand
- Psalm 20:9 Or O Lord, save the king; answer us
Cross references
- Psalm 20:1 : Ps 50:15
- Psalm 20:1 : Ps 91:14
- Psalm 20:1 : Ps 46:7, 11
- Psalm 20:2 : Ps 3:4
- Psalm 20:2 : Ps 110:2
- Psalm 20:3 : Acts 10:4
- Psalm 20:3 : Ps 51:19
- Psalm 20:4 : Ps 21:2
- Psalm 20:4 : Ps 145:19
- Psalm 20:5 : Ps 9:14
- Psalm 20:5 : Ps 60:4
- Psalm 20:5 : 1 Sam 1:17
- Psalm 20:6 : Ps 41:11
- Psalm 20:6 : Is 58:9
- Psalm 20:6 : Ps 28:8
- Psalm 20:7 : Ps 33:17
- Psalm 20:7 : 2 Chr 32:8
- Psalm 20:8 : Is 2:11, 17
- Psalm 20:8 : Ps 37:24; Mic 7:8
- Psalm 20:9 : Ps 3:7
- Psalm 20:9 : Ps 17:6