Passage Research
Psalm 20 — Sermon Preparation
A prayer offered for the king before battle: may God answer in the day of trouble, and may we remember that victory belongs to the LORD. Below is a research summary for Psalm 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 10
- verses
- 70 / 51
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 3
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 20 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עָנָה | ʻânâh | H6030 | 3 | eye, heed |
| שֵׁם | shêm | H8034 | 3 | appellation, honor |
| יָשַׁע | yâshaʻ | H3467 | 2 | be open, wide |
| זָכַר | zâkar | H2142 | 2 | mark, remember |
| מָלֵא | mâlêʼ | H4390 | 2 | fill, be full of |
| קֹדֶשׁ | qôdesh | H6944 | 2 | sacred, sanctity |
| מִשְׁאָלָה | mishʼâlâh | H4862 | 1 | request |
How preachers through history handled this text
3 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“It is the will of God that prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings, should be made, in special manner, for kings and all in authority. This psalm is a prayer, and the next a thanksgiving, for the king. David was a martial prince, much in war. Either this psalm was penned upon occasion of some particular expedition of his, or, in general, as a form to be used in the daily service of the church for him. In this psalm we may observe, I. What it is they beg of God for the king, ver. 1-4. II. With what assurance they beg it. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 20:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Zion— Ps 20:2
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