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Psalm 20:5–6

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20:5Then we will shout for joy over your10 victory;

we will rejoice11 in the name of our God!

May the Lord grant all your requests!

20:6Now I am sure12 that the Lord will deliver13 his chosen king;14

he will intervene for him15 from his holy heavenly temple,16

and display his mighty ability to deliver.17

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Psalm 20:5: May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions!

Footnotes

  1. 10 Your victory. Here the king is addressed (see v. 1).
  2. 11 The Hebrew verb דָּגַל (dagal) occurs only here in the Qal. If accepted as original, it may carry the nuance “raise a banner,” but it is preferable to emend the form to נגיל (“we will rejoice”) which provides better parallelism with “shout for joy” and fits well with the prepositional phrase “in the name of our God” (see Ps 89:16).
  3. 12 Or “know.” Now I am sure. The speaker is not identified. It is likely that the king, referring to himself in the third person (note “his chosen king”), responds to the people’s prayer. Perhaps his confidence is due to the reception of a divine oracle of salvation.
  4. 13 The perfect verbal form is probably used rhetorically to state that the deliverance is as good as done. In this way the speaker emphasizes the certainty of the deliverance. Another option is to take the statement as generalizing; the psalmist affirms that the Lord typically delivers the king.
  5. 14 Heb “his anointed one.” This title refers to the Davidic king. See Pss 2:2 and 18:50.
  6. 15 Heb “he will answer him.”
  7. 16 Heb “from his holy heavens.”
  8. 17 Heb “with mighty acts of deliverance of his right hand.” The Lord’s “right hand” here symbolizes his power to protect and deliver (see Ps 17:7).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

May we shout for joy over your salvation,

and in the name of our God set up our banners!

May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!

Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;

he will answer him from his holy heaven

with the saving might of his right hand.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May we shout for joy over your victory

and lift up our banners in the name of our God.

May the Lord grant all your requests.

Now this I know:

The Lord gives victory to his anointed.

He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary

with the victorious power of his right hand.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Let us shout for joy at your victory

and lift the banner in the name of our God.

May the Lord fulfill all your requests.

Now I know that the Lord gives victory to his anointed;

he will answer him from his holy heaven

with mighty victories from his right hand.

NLTNew Living Translation

May we shout for joy when we hear of your victory

and raise a victory banner in the name of our God.

May the Lord answer all your prayers.

Now I know that the Lord rescues his anointed king.

He will answer him from his holy heaven

and rescue him by his great power.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

May we shout for joy over your victory,

and in the name of our God may we set up banners.

May Yahweh fulfill all your requests.

Now I know that Yahweh will help his anointed.

He will answer him from his holy heaven

with the victorious power of his right hand.

KJV 1900King James Version

We will rejoice in thy salvation,

And in the name of our God we will set up our banners:

The Lord fulfil all thy petitions.

Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed;

He will hear him from his holy heaven

With the saving strength of his right hand.