Psalm 20:9

Translations

Modern

O LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.

Traditional

Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call.

Literal

O YHWH, save the king! Answer us on the day we call.

Latin

Domine, salvum fac regem, et exaudi nos in die qua invocaverimus te.

Original

Hebrew

English

O LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.

Notes

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).

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Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
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O LORD, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O LORD, cause us to prosper!
Matthew 21:15
But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
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Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
Matthew 21:9
The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
Psalm 17:6
I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
Psalm 24:7
Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
Psalm 2:6–10
“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Psalm 3:7
Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

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