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Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
Psalms 20:6 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.
  • KJV 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.
  • NKJV Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand.
  • NASB ¶Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand.
  • NLT Now I know that the Lord rescues his anointed king. He will answer him from his holy heaven and rescue him by his great power.

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Quick answer

Now the king (or a single voice) declares confident assurance that the Lord saves his anointed from heaven. Faith answers the people's prayer with certainty.

Overview

The tone shifts from petition to confident affirmation: 'Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed.' God answers from his 'holy heaven' with the 'saving strength of his right hand.' This certainty about God's deliverance of his anointed points forward to the Father's vindication of the Messiah, raised and exalted at his right hand.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 17

  • Ps 28:8The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
  • Acts 5:31God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
  • Ps 18:50Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
  • Ps 89:20–23I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
  • Acts 4:10then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
  • Ps 41:11By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
  • Ps 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
  • Isa 63:15Look down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.
  • Matt 6:9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
  • Acts 2:36Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
  • 1 Kgs 8:43then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
  • 1 Kgs 8:30Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
  • Ps 17:7Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
  • Isa 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
  • Ps 18:35You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
  • Isa 58:9Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
  • Acts 2:33Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 20:6 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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