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Psalms 20

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Majority Standard Bible

1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

2 May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.

3 May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah

4 May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

5 May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.

6 Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.

7 Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

8 They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

9 O LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.

KJV

1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 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 strengthen thee out of Zion;

3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up [our] banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

6 ¶ Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

7 Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

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

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

1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)

Prayer of the subjects for their authorities.

1 a psalm of David, to be sung.

2 The LORD hear thee in thy trouble: the name of the God of Jacob save thee.

3 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion.

4 He shall remember all thy meat offering, and thy burnt offering shall be fat. Sela.

5 He shall give thee that which thine heart desireth, and shall fulfil all thy purposes.

6 We boast that thou wilt help us; and in the name of our God we lift up our banners. The LORD grant thee all thy petition!

7 Now I perceive that the LORD helpeth his anointed, and heareth him in his holy heaven: his right hand helpeth mightily.

8 They rely upon chariots and horses: but we remember the name of the LORD our God.

9 They are cast down and fallen: but we stand upright.

10 Help, O Lord! May the King hear us when we call!

1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)

Machine-translated from Luther's final 1545 German Bible

The LED is an English rendering of Martin Luther's final 1545 German Bible. According to BackToLuther, it was produced by using the DeepL Translator on Luther's German text, then processed, polished, formatted, and hyperlinked for reading, while preserving chapter headings and other notations from orthodox German Lutheran Bibles.

Source attribution: BackToLuther, “Luther's 1545 Bible - in English by… DeepL Translator (The LED Bible)”.

For print editions, see “1545 Luther's English Bible (LED): now in print”.

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