Salmos 20:1-4 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 20:1-5

This prayer for David is entitled a psalm of David; nor was it any absurdity at all for him who was divinely inspired to draw up a directory, or form of prayer, to be used in the congregation for himself and those in authority under him; nay it is very proper for those who desire the prayers of their friends to tell them particularly what they would have to be asked of God for them. Note, Even great and good men, and those that know ever so well how to pray for themselves, must not despise,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 20:1

The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble ,.... All the days of Christ were days of trouble; he was a brother born for adversity; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefs; he had his own sorrows, and he bore the griefs of others; he was persecuted by Herod in his infancy; he was tempted by Satan in the wilderness; he was harassed by the Scribes and Pharisees continually; he was grieved at the hardness, impenitence, and unbelief, of that perverse and faithless generation of men, and was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 20:2

Send thee help from the sanctuary ,.... Meaning either from the tabernacle, the holy place, where was the ark, the symbol of the divine Presence; or rather heaven, the habitation of God's holiness unless the same is meant by it as by Zion, in the next clause, the church of God, from whence he sends the rod of his strength; and strengthen thee out of Zion ; and the "help" and "strength" prayed for are not to be understood of that assistance and support, which Christ, as man, had from his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 20:3

Remember all thy offerings ,.... The spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise which Christ, as the great High Priest, offers up for his people; or which they offer by him, and are acceptable to God through him, by virtue of the incense of his mediation; or the offering up of himself, which answers to, and is the body, the sum and substance, of all the offerings of the law; they were types of this, and what they could not do this did; and therefore it is expressed in the singular number in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 20:4

Grant thee according to thine own heart ,.... Which is to see his seed, the travail of his soul, and to have the pleasure of the Lord prosper in his hand; to have all his people called, preserved, and glorified; and fulfil all thy counsel ; whatever was agreed upon in the council and covenant of peace between him and his Father, relating to his own glory, and the salvation of his people. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 20:1

The Lord hear thee - David had already offered the sacrifice and prayed. The people implore God to succor him in the day of trouble; of both personal and national danger. The name of the God of Jacob - This refers to Jacob's wrestling with the Angel; Genesis 32:24 ; (note), etc. And who was this Angel? Evidently none other than the Angel of the Covenant, the Lord Jesus, in whom was the name of God, the fullness of the Godhead bodily. He was the God of Jacob, who blessed Jacob, and gave... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 20:2

Send thee help from the sanctuary - This was the place where God recorded his name; the place where he was to be sought, and the place where he manifested himself. He dwelt between the cherubim over the mercyseat. He is now in Christ, reconciling the world to himself. This is the true sanctuary where God must be sought. Strengthen thee out of Zion - The temple or tabernacle where his prayers and sacrifices were to be offered. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 20:3

Remember all thy offerings - The minchah, which is here mentioned, was a gratitude-offering. It is rarely used to signify a bloody sacrifice. Burnt sacrifice - The olah here mentioned was a bloody sacrifice. The blood of the victim was spilt at the altar, and the flesh consumed. One of these offerings implied a consciousness of sin in the offerer; and this sacrifice he brought as an atonement: the other implied a sense of mercies already received, and was offered in the way of gratitude.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 20:4

Grant thee according to thine own heart - May God give thee whatsoever thou art setting thy heart upon, and accomplish all thy desires! This was probably the prayer of the high priest. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 20:1

Verse 1 The inscription shows that the psalm was composed by David; but though he was its author, there is no absurdity in his speaking of himself in the person of others. The office of a prophet having been committed to him, he with great propriety prepared this as a form of prayer for the use of the faithful. In doing this, his object was not so much to commend his own person, by authoritatively issuing a royal ordinance enjoining upon the people the use of this prayer, as to show, in the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 20:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 20:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 20:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 20:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 20:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 20:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 20:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 20:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 20:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 20:1

Group of Brands