Psalm 20:8

Translations

Modern

They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

Traditional

They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

Literal

They have bowed down and fallen, and we have risen and stand upright.

Latin

Ipsi obligati sunt, et ceciderunt; nos autem surreximus, et erecti sumus.

Original

Hebrew

English

They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

Notes

Psalms 20:6–8

A community member (Psalm 20:1–5) responds with words of assurance and confidence in God's help.

Psalms 20:1–9

This royal prayer asks God to give victory to the king (Psalm 20:1–5). It then expresses confidence that God will bring rescue (20:6–8). The psalm ends with the people asking God to answer their prayer (20:9).

Psalms 20:1–24:10

This series of psalms shows a journey from confidence and commitment (Psalms 20–21), through anguish and abandonment (Psalm 22), and finally to comfort, insight, and hope (Psalms 23–24).

Theme notes and profiles

David Royal Psalms Trusting in Human Strength

Related verses

Psalm 125:1
A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
Micah 7:8
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Jeremiah 17:7–8
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
Psalm 34:21–22
Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
Judges 5:31
So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
Psalm 146:5–9
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Glossary

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Topics

Confidence: False

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