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Psalms 20:2
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May he send you help from the sanctuaryand sustain you from Zion.
Send you help from the sanctuary, Grant you support from Tziyon,
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!
May he send you help from his Temple and support you from Mount Zion.
May he send you help from his temple; from Zion may he give you support!
May He send you help from the sanctuary (His dwelling place) And support and strengthen you from Zion!
May He send you help from the sanctuary, And support you from Zion!
Send you help from the sanctuary, Grant you support from Zion,
Send thee helpe from the Sanctuarie, and strengthen thee out of Zion.
May He send you help from the sanctuaryAnd uphold you from Zion!
May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.
May Adonai answer you in times of distress, may the name of the God of Ya‘akov protect you.
May he send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
May he send you help from his Holy Place. May he support you from Zion.
Send you help from his sanctuary, and strengthen you out of Zion.
May he send you help from his Temple and give you aid from Mount Zion.
May he send you help from the sanctuary, and from Zion may he sustain you.
He sends your help from the sanctuary, and upholds you out of Zion.
Sende the helpe fro the Sanctuary, & strength ye out of Sion
Send thee help from the sanctuary, And strengthen thee out of Zion;
May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion;
The LORD answer thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;
Send thee helpe from the Sanctuary: and strengthen thee out of Sion.
Let him sende thee helpe from the sanctuarie: and ayde thee out of Sion.
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and aid thee out of Sion.
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
Sende he helpe to thee fro the hooli place; and fro Syon defende he thee.
Send you help from the sanctuary, And strengthen you out of Zion;
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion.
May He send you help from the sanctuary, And strengthen you out of Zion;
May he send you help from his sanctuary and strengthen you from Jerusalem.
May He send you help from the house of God, and give you strength from Zion.
May he send you help from the sanctuary, and give you support from Zion.
Send thy help out of the sanctuary, and, out of Zion, sustain thee;
(19-3) May he send thee help from the sanctuary: and defend thee out of Sion.
May he send you help from the sanctuary, and give you support from Zion!
He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee,
May He send you help from the sanctuary And support you from Zion!
Contextual Overview
(A psalm by David for the music leader.)
I pray that the Lord will listen when you are in trouble, and that the God of Jacob will keep you safe. 2 May the Lord send help from his temple and come to your rescue from Mount Zion. 3 May he remember your gifts and be pleased with what you bring. 4 May God do what you want most and let all go well for you. 5 Then you will win victories, and we will celebrate, while raising our banners in the name of our God. May the Lord answer all of your prayers!Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thee help: Heb. thy help
from: Psalms 73:17, 1 Kings 6:16, 1 Kings 8:44, 1 Kings 8:45, 2 Chronicles 20:8, 2 Chronicles 20:9
strengthen: Heb. support thee
out: 2 Samuel 5:7, 2 Samuel 6:17, Isaiah 12:6, Isaiah 14:32, Isaiah 37:34, Isaiah 37:35
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 33:7 - and be thou Psalms 128:5 - bless thee Psalms 134:3 - bless thee
Cross-References
The king's officials told him about her, and she was taken to his house.
Abraham answered: I did it because I didn't think any of you respected God, and I was sure that someone would kill me to get my wife.
Besides, she is my half sister. We have the same father, but different mothers.
When God made us leave my father's home and start wandering, I told her, "If you really love me, you will tell everyone that I am your brother."
Once during Abraham's lifetime, the fields had not produced enough grain, and now the same thing happened. So Isaac went to King Abimelech of the Philistines in the land of Gerar,
with his beautiful wife Rebekah. He was afraid that someone might kill him to get her, and so he told everyone that Rebekah was his sister.
Finally, Abimelech said, "Isaac, I want you to leave our country. You have become too powerful to stay here."
But the prophet Jehu son of Hanani met him and said: By helping that wicked Ahab, you have made friends with someone who hates the Lord . Now the Lord God is angry at you!
But the prophet Eliezer warned Jehoshaphat, "The Lord will destroy these ships because you have supported Ahaziah." The ships were wrecked and never sailed.
Even when the leaders of Babylonia sent messengers to ask Hezekiah about the sign God had given him, God let Hezekiah give his own answer to test him and to see if he would remain faithful.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 Father, at the time of his sufferings, which were promised him, and he believed he should have, and had,
Psalms 89:21; since these petitions follow that which relates to his exaltation; but of the help and strength afforded to the apostles and ministers of Christ, after they had received the commission from him to preach the Gospel to every creature; when, as a full answer to these petitions, God worked with them, greatly assisted them, strengthened them with strength in their souls; confirmed the word with signs and wonders following; made it the power of God to salvation to multitudes; and so strengthened the cause, interest, and kingdom of the Redeemer.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Send thee help - Margin, thy help. So the Hebrew. The idea is, such help as he needed; such as would make him safe.
From the sanctuary - From the tabernacle, or the holy place where God was worshipped, and where he was supposed to reside, Exodus 28:43; Exodus 29:30; Exodus 35:19; Exodus 39:1. This was his seat; his throne; where he abode among the people. Here, too, it would seem that he had been worshipped, and his aid implored, in view of this expedition; here the royal psalmist had sought to secure the divine favor by the presentation of appropriate sacrifices and offerings Psalms 20:3. The prayer here is, that God would accept those offerings, and hear those supplications, and would now send the desired help from the sanctuary where he resided; that is, that he would grant his protection and aid.
And strengthen thee - Margin, as in Hebrew, support thee. The idea is, that he would grant his upholding hand in the day of peril.
Out of Zion - The place where God was worshipped; the place where the tabernacle was reared. See the note at Psalms 2:6.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 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 mercy-seat. 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.
