Psalms 20 · Verse 8

Psalms 20:8

They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
Psalms 20:8, King James Version

Psalms 20:8 in other translations

BSBThey collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.
WEBThey are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright.
ASVThey are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.
YLTThey--they have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright.
DARBYThey are bowed down and fallen; but we are risen and stand upright.
BBEThey are bent down and made low; but we have been lifted up.
WebsterThey are brought down and fallen: but we are raised, and stand upright.

What does Psalms 20:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. They--that is, who trust in horses, &c. stand upright--literally, "we have straightened ourselves up from our distress and fears."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 They are brought down and fallen - They were so confident of victory that they looked upon it as already gained. They who trusted in their horses and chariots are bowed down, and prostrated on the earth: they are all overthrown. But we are risen - We who have trusted in the name of Jehovah are raised up from all despondency; and we stand upright - we shall conquer, and go on to conquer.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 20:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֵ֭מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992
כָּרְע֣וּka.re.'Uthey bow downH3766
וְנָפָ֑לוּve.na.Fa.luand they fallH5307
וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּva.'a.Nach.nuand weH587
קַּ֝֗מְנוּKam.nuwe ariseH6965
וַנִּתְעוֹדָֽד\׃va.nit.'o.Dadand we have kept uprightH5749

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Cross references for Psalms 20:8

  • Psalms 125:1

    A Song of degrees. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

  • Micah 7:8

    Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

  • Psalms 34:21-22

    Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

  • Jeremiah 17:7-8

    Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

  • Judges 5:31

    So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

  • Psalms 146:5-9

    Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God: Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners: The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They.
34:21,22; Jud 5:31
but we.
125:1; 146:5-9; Jer 17:7,8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 20:7

    Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

  • Psalms 20:8

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

  • Psalms 20:9

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

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Psalms 20:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ellos arrodillaron, y cayeron; mas nosotros nos levantamos, y nos enhestamos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ceux-ci font gloire de leurs chars, et ceux-là de leurs chevaux, mais nous, du nom de l’ Éternel, notre Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jene krümmen sich und fallen, wir aber stehen und halten uns aufrecht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quoniam rex sperat in Domino, et in misericordia Altissimi non commovebitur.