Psalms, 20

1. [For the choirmaster Psalm Of David] May Yahweh answer you in time of trouble, may the name of the God of Jacob protect you!

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. May he send you help from the sanctuary, give you support from Zion!

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

3. May he remember all your sacrifices and delight in your burnt offerings! Pause

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

4. May he grant you your heart's desire and crown all your plans with success!

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

5. So that with joy we can hail your victory and draw up our ranks in the name of our God. May Yahweh grant all your petitions.

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 I know that Yahweh gives victory to his anointed. He will respond from his holy heavens with great deeds of victory from his right hand.

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 call on chariots, some on horses, but we on the name of Yahweh our God.

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

8. They will crumple and fall, while we stand upright and firm.

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

9. Yahweh, save the king, answer us when we call.

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