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Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.
Psalms 20:6 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • 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.
  • BSB Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power 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 28:8Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
  • Acts 5:31God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
  • Ps 18:50He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his offspring, forever more.
  • Ps 89:20–23I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
  • Acts 4:10be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.
  • Ps 41:11By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
  • Ps 2:2The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
  • Isa 63:15Look down from heaven, and see from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory. Where are your zeal and your mighty acts? The yearning of your heart and your compassion is restrained toward me.
  • Matt 6:9Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
  • Acts 2:36“Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
  • 1 Kgs 8:43hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
  • 1 Kgs 8:30Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.
  • Ps 17:7Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
  • Isa 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
  • Ps 18:35You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
  • Isa 58:9Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;
  • Acts 2:33Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which 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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