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

Psalms 20:9

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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

  • 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,

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

  • Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 6-9)

Here is, I. Holy David himself triumphing in the interest he had in the prayers of good people (Ps. 20:6): “ Now know I (I that pen the psalm know it) that the Lord saveth his anointed , because he hath stirred up the hearts of the seed of Jacob to pray for him.” Note, It bodes well to any prince and people, and may justly be taken as a happy presage, when God pours upon them a spirit of prayer. I…

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