Psalms 20 (WEB)

Chapter Text

20:1 May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,

20:2 send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,

20:3 remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice. Selah.

20:4 May He grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.

20:5 We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May Yahweh grant all your requests.

20:6 Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.

20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.

20:8 They are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright.

20:9 Save, Yahweh! Let the King answer us when we call!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "answer", "trouble", "name", "jacob", "high", "send", and "help". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "answer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local WEB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "yahweh" and "answer" carries the first interpretive weight. In The LORD as Shepherd, the local focus is trust, covenant mercy, guidance, and worship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "yahweh" and "answer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.