Psalms 20 · Verse 9

Psalms 20:9

Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call.
Psalms 20:9, King James Version

Psalms 20:9 in other translations

BSBO LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.
WEBSave, LORD! Let the King answer us when we call!
ASVSave, Jehovah: Let the King answer us when we call.
YLTO Jehovah, save the king, He doth answer us in the day we call!
DARBYSave, Jehovah! Let the king answer us in the day we call.
BBECome to our help, Lord: let the king give ear to our cry.
WebsterSave, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.

What does Psalms 20:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. let the king hear--as God's representative, delivered to deliver. Perhaps a better sense is, "Lord, save the king; hear us when we call," or pray.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Save, Lord - This verse was spoken by all the congregation, and was the chorus and conclusion of the piece. The verse may be read, Lord, save the king! He will hear as in the day of our calling. The Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, Arabic, Anglo-Saxon, read the verse thus: Lord, save the king! and hear us whensoever we shall call upon thee. The Syriac reads differently: The Lord will save us: and our king will hear us in the day in which we shall call upon him. This refers all to God: while the others refer the latter clause to David. Lord, save David; and David will save us. "If thou preservest him, he will be thy minister for good to us." This appears to be the easiest sense of the place, and harmonizes with all the rest.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 20:9 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.

יְהוָ֥הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
הוֹשִׁ֑יעָהho.Shi.'ahsave !H3467
הַ֝מֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
יַעֲנֵ֥נוּya.'a.Ne.numay he answer usH6030
בְיוֹם\־ve.yom-on [the] dayH3117
קָרְאֵֽנוּ\׃ka.re.'E.nucall out weH7121

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 20:9

  • Psalms 5:2

    Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

  • Psalms 44:4

    Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

  • Psalms 118:25-26

    Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

  • Matthew 21:15

    And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

  • Psalms 74:12

    For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

  • Psalms 17:6

    I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

  • Matthew 21:9

    And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.

  • Psalms 2:6-10

    Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. …

  • Psalms 24:7

    Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Save, etc. or, "O Jehovah, save the king; answer us when wecall upon thee."
118:25,26; Mt 21:9,15
let.
2:6-10; 5:2; 24:7; 44:4; 74:12

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

Context

  • 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 20:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Salva, Jehová: que el Rey nos oiga el día que lo invocáremos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ceux-là se courbent et tombent; mais nous nous relevons et nous tenons debout.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova, rette! Der König erhöre uns am Tage unseres Rufens!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Inveniatur manus tua omnibus inimicis tuis; dextera tua inveniat omnes qui te oderunt.