Psalm 20:1-21:8

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 20:1

(1) Day of trouble . . . God of Jacob.—This certainly recalls the patriarch’s words (Genesis 35:3), “I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress.” The “name” alone of the God of Jacob was a safeguard to the people, called after their great forefather “Israel. So even under the shadow of the greatness of human monarchs and heroes whole peoples have often felt secure and strong, using no other weapon but his name.Defend thee.—Better, set thee up on high (comp.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 20:1-9

Psalms 20:0 The famous physician, Sir James Y. Simpson, was one of a family which had the privilege of a pious mother. She was early left a widow, and had many a perplexing thought and sore struggle in providing bread for her household. When she was hard pressed with thinking and toiling, and could not see her way through, she used to sit down and repeat the 20th Psalm. She rose refreshed, and her children learned to call it 'mother's Psalm'. Jehovah hear thee in the day When trouble He doth... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 20:1-9

Psalms 20:1-9THIS is a battle song followed by a chant of victory. They are connected in subject and probably in occasion, but fight and triumph have fallen dim to us, though we can still feel how hotly the fire once glowed. The passion of loyalty and love for the king, expressed in these psalms, fits no reign in Judah so well as the bright noonday of David’s, when "whatever the king did pleased all the people." Cheyne, indeed, would bring them down to the Maccabean period, and suggests Simon... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 20:1-9

Psalms 20:0 Christ and His Salvation as Contemplated by His People 1. What God has done for Christ (Psalms 20:1-4 ) 2. The salvation His people enjoy (Psalms 20:5-9 ) Psalms 20:1-4 . “My Redeemer” was the last word of the previous Psalm. Christ the Redeemer of His people is revealed in this Psalm. His death and sacrificial work, revealed in Psalms 22:1-31 , are here anticipated. He who humbled Himself has been heard by Jehovah, He has set Him upon high (marginal reading), He has sent Him... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 20:1

20:1 [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] The {a} LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the {b} name of the God of Jacob defend thee;(a) By this kings are also admonished to call to God in their affairs.(b) The virtue, power and grace of God. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 20:1-9

Psalms 18:0 A song of victory. It opens with ejaculatory expressions of triumph for deliverance. All nature is described as convulsed when the Almighty presses to the rescue. The next division is meditation on the principles involved, the whole closing with a further outburst of triumph and confidence. 2 Samuel 22:0 is a copy of this ode saying a few variations, and the student is referred to our treatment of it at that place. Psalms 19:0 God’s revelation in the world and in the Word. We have a... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 20:1-9

Psalms 20:0 [Note. This is supposed to be a relic of the ancient liturgy, an antiphonal Temple hymn; the assembled congregation sings one part, and the priest the other, whilst the king is offering sacrifice in view of the struggle against the formidable hosts of heathenism. It has been supposed that the psalm was composed in Asa's reign. The simple grandeur of the style, and the cordial expression of trust in the living God, seem to point to the date as the time of David. The psalm is... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 20:1

CONTENTS We have here a prayer, put up by the whole church in faith, for Jehovah's prospering the cause of his glorious Messiah, the Church's king. And the Church, already taking for granted that what is asked in faith shall assuredly be obtained, in the close celebrates the victory, and sets up banners. To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Psalms 20:1 It is a sad hindrance to our full enjoyment of divine and spiritual things, that our more frequent acquaintance and intercourse with things... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 20:1

David, after his victory over the Ammonites; (Du Pin; Calmet) though many passages relate only to the Messias, as the Chaldean and even some of the modern Jews confess, (Kimchi; Muis) with the holy Fathers, who explain all of Him. (Calmet) --- Those who overcome the devil, are here concerned. (Worthington) read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 20:1-9

Prayer in Time of War. To the chief musician, a psalm of David, evidently composed to be sung by the Tabernacle chorus while the king and his army were in the field, the purpose being to implore Jehovah to grant victory to the arms of Israel. The chorus as such opens the hymn. v. 1. The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble, graciously and attentively listening to the king's call when he would find himself in a difficult and dangerous position; the name of the God of Jacob, the mighty God of... read more

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