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Brenton's Septuagint

Psalms 20:2

Send thee help from the sanctuary, and aid thee out of Sion.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Church;   Intercession;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Temple;   War;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy of Holies;   Warfare of Saints;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Zion;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Salvation, Saviour;   Sin;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Solomon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Sanctuary;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bible, the;   Help;   Intercession;   Omnipresence;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Childbirth;   Meal-Offering;   Psalms, Midrash to (Midrash Tehillim);  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 12;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
May he send you help from the sanctuaryand sustain you from Zion.
Hebrew Names Version
Send you help from the sanctuary, Grant you support from Tziyon,
King James Version
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
English Standard Version
May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!
New Century Version
May he send you help from his Temple and support you from Mount Zion.
New English Translation
May he send you help from his temple; from Zion may he give you support!
Amplified Bible
May He send you help from the sanctuary (His dwelling place) And support and strengthen you from Zion!
New American Standard Bible
May He send you help from the sanctuary, And support you from Zion!
World English Bible
Send you help from the sanctuary, Grant you support from Zion,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Send thee helpe from the Sanctuarie, and strengthen thee out of Zion.
Legacy Standard Bible
May He send you help from the sanctuaryAnd uphold you from Zion!
Berean Standard Bible
May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.
Contemporary English Version
May the Lord send help from his temple and come to your rescue from Mount Zion.
Complete Jewish Bible
May Adonai answer you in times of distress, may the name of the God of Ya‘akov protect you.
Darby Translation
May he send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
Easy-to-Read Version
May he send you help from his Holy Place. May he support you from Zion.
George Lamsa Translation
Send you help from his sanctuary, and strengthen you out of Zion.
Good News Translation
May he send you help from his Temple and give you aid from Mount Zion.
Lexham English Bible
May he send you help from the sanctuary, and from Zion may he sustain you.
Literal Translation
He sends your help from the sanctuary, and upholds you out of Zion.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sende the helpe fro the Sanctuary, & strength ye out of Sion
American Standard Version
Send thee help from the sanctuary, And strengthen thee out of Zion;
Bible in Basic English
May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD answer thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;
King James Version (1611)
Send thee helpe from the Sanctuary: and strengthen thee out of Sion.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let him sende thee helpe from the sanctuarie: and ayde thee out of Sion.
English Revised Version
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sende he helpe to thee fro the hooli place; and fro Syon defende he thee.
Update Bible Version
Send you help from the sanctuary, And strengthen you out of Zion;
Webster's Bible Translation
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion.
New King James Version
May He send you help from the sanctuary, And strengthen you out of Zion;
New Living Translation
May he send you help from his sanctuary and strengthen you from Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
May He send you help from the house of God, and give you strength from Zion.
New Revised Standard
May he send you help from the sanctuary, and give you support from Zion.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Send thy help out of the sanctuary, and, out of Zion, sustain thee;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(19-3) May he send thee help from the sanctuary: and defend thee out of Sion.
Revised Standard Version
May he send you help from the sanctuary, and give you support from Zion!
Young's Literal Translation
He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
May He send you help from the sanctuary And support you from Zion!

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee. 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and aid thee out of Sion. 3 Remember all thy sacrifice, and enrich thy whole-burnt-offering. Pause. 4 Grant thee according to thy heart, and fulfill all thy desire. 5 We will exult in thy salvation, and in the name of our God shall we be magnified: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.

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

Genesis 12:15
that the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao.
Genesis 20:11
And Abraam said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.
Genesis 20:12
For truly she is my sister by my father, but not by my mother, and she became my wife.
Genesis 20:13
And it came to pass when God brought me forth out of the house of my father, that I said to her, This righteousness thou shalt perform to me, in every place into which we may enter, say of me, He is my brother.
Genesis 26:1
And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which was in the time of Abraam; and Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Phylistines to Gerara.
Genesis 26:7
And the men of the place questioned him concerning Rebecca his wife, and he said, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the place should slay him because of Rebecca, because she was fair.
Genesis 26:16
And Abimelech said to Isaac, Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.
2 Chronicles 19:2
And there went out to meet him Jeu the prophet the son of Anani, and said to him, King Josaphat, doest thou help a sinner, or act friendly towards one hated of the Lord? Therefore has wrath come upon thee from the Lord.
2 Chronicles 20:37
And Eliezer thee son of Dodia of Marisa prophesied against Josaphat, saying, Forasmuch as thou hast allied thyself with Ochozias, the Lord has broken thy work, and thy vessels have been wrecked. And they could not go to Tharsis.
2 Chronicles 32:31
Notwithstanding, in regard to the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent to him to enquire of him concerning the prodigy which came upon the land, the Lord left him, to try him, to know what was in his heart.

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.


 
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