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Psalm 20 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

We Will Boast in the Name of Yahweh

Psa 20:1

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

May Yahweh answer you in the day of distress!

May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high!

Psa 20:2

May He send you help from the sanctuary

And uphold you from Zion!

Psa 20:3

May He remember all your meal offerings

And find your burnt offering [fn]acceptable! [fn]Selah.

Psa 20:4

May He grant you your heart’s desire

And fulfill all your [fn]counsel!

Psa 20:5

[fn]We will sing for joy over your salvation,

And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.

May Yahweh fulfill all your petitions.

Psa 20:6

Now I know that Yahweh saves His anointed;

He will answer him from His holy heaven

With the [fn]saving might of His right hand.

Psa 20:7

Some boast in chariots and some in horses,

But we will [fn]boast in the name of Yahweh, our God.

Psa 20:8

They have bowed down and fallen,

But we have risen and stood upright.

Psa 20:9

[fn]Save, O Yahweh;

May the King answer us in the day we call.

LSB Footnotes
Lit fat
Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
Or purpose
Or Let us sing
Or mighty deeds of the victory of His right hand
Or make mention of, praise
Or Yahweh, save the king; answer us
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