Psalm 20

¹⁰The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

⁷If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.

¹⁴“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.

¹⁵When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

¹¹The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

¹⁰Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord; let him lean on his God.

¹For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

⁴⁴When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the Lord in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

⁴⁵then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

³²What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The Lord has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

⁶Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

¹⁶He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

⁸They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,

⁹‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’

⁴To the Lord I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah

¹When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

¹⁹Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

⁴Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

²⁶And there he built an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the Lord, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

²and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

⁴while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

¹⁹He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.

⁴Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.

²²If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

²You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

²³In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

²⁷And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

²⁸And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

¹⁵And Moses built an altar and named it The Lord Is My Banner.

¹⁷“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”

⁴You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah

⁹And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”

¹⁰I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

¹⁸yet I will exult in the Lord; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!

⁸The Lord is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

³¹God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

⁵⁰Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.

²⁰I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

²¹My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him.

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.

¹¹By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

¹Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the Lord.

⁵This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the Lord.

³¹A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the Lord.

¹⁶No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

¹⁷A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

⁸With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

¹¹Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God: “O Lord, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”

¹A song of ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

⁸Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

²¹Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.

²²The Lord redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

⁷But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.

⁸He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

³¹So may all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

⁵Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

⁶the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

²Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.

⁴You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

²⁵O Lord, save us, we pray. We beseech You, O Lord, cause us to prosper!

²⁶Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you.

¹⁵But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

¹²Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.

⁶I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.