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Psalms 20:2

May He send you help from the house of God, and give you strength from Zion.

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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and aid 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 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 May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe. 2 May He send you help from the house of God, and give you strength from Zion. 3 May He remember all your gifts of grain given on the altar in worship. And may He be pleased with your burnt gifts. 4 May He give you the desire of your heart, and make all your plans go well. 5 We will sing for joy when you win. In the name of our God we will lift up our flags. May the Lord give you all the things you ask Him for.

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
Pharaoh's rulers saw her and told Pharaoh of her beauty. So the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
Genesis 20:11
Abraham said, "I did it because I thought there was no fear of God in this place. I thought they would kill me because of my wife.
Genesis 20:12
And it is true she is my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not of my mother. And she became my wife.
Genesis 20:13
When God made me go from my father's house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is the kindness you must show me. Everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"
Genesis 26:1
Now there was another time when there was no food in the land, after the time of no food in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines.
Genesis 26:7
When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister." He was afraid to say, "She is my wife," because he thought to himself, "The men of this place might kill me because of Rebekah, for she is beautiful."
Genesis 26:16
Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us. For you are too powerful for us."
2 Chronicles 19:2
Jehu the son of Hanani the man who tells what will happen in the future went out to meet King Jehoshaphat, and said to him, "Should you help the sinful? Should you love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, the Lord is angry with you.
2 Chronicles 20:37
Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah told what would happen against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have joined with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy what you have made." So the ships were wrecked, and could not go to Tarshish.
2 Chronicles 32:31
It was so even when the men were sent to him from the rulers of Babylon to ask about the wonder that had happened in the land. God left Hezekiah alone to test him, that He might know all that 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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