Psalms 20:5
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May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.
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It is the will of God that prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings, should be made, in special manner, for kings and all in authority. This psalm is a prayer, and the next a thanksgiving, for the king. David was a martial prince, much in war. Either this psalm was penned upon occasion of some particular expedition of his, or, in general, as a form to be used in the daily service of the church for him. In this psalm we may observe, I. What it is they beg of God for the king (Psa 20:1-4). II. With what assurance they beg it. The people triumph (Psa 20:5), the prince (Psa 20:6), both together (Psa 20:7, Psa 20:8), and so he concludes with a prayer to God for audience (Psa 20:9). In this, David may well be looked upon as a type of Christ, to whose kingdom and its interests among men the church was, in every age, a hearty well-wisher. To the chief musician. A psalm of David.
Open source ↗20:5 Troops carried a victory banner to battle, under which they gathered and roused one another to action (see Isa 11:10, 12).
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And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.