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Psalms 20:5 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 5. 5We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
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Quick Meaning
Psalm 20:5: The speaker's “We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of…” contributes testimony, resolve, or self-address to “The community prays for its king before battle.”
Read It With
- Psalms 20:1–9
Read Psalms 20:5 with 20:1–9. Read alone, “We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our…” could lose the communal voice, the parallel line or movement it develops, and the psalm's outcome. The complete movement establishes: Within Psalms 20:1–9, the communal voice carries the movement “The community prays for its king before battle” as part of “The community prays for its king before battle.” Its royal-liturgy form and poetic parallelism hold the petitions, images, memories, or praise together before any single line is applied.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Psalms 20:1–9 opens Psalm 20 with “The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee” and establishes the communal voice and “The community prays for its king before battle” movement before later lines develop or answer it. Within that relationship, Psalm 20:5 voices testimony, resolve, or self-address in “We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we…,” preserving the poem's individual or communal speaker.
What Remains True
Psalm 20:5 carries “We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our…” inside the royal-liturgy movement “The community prays for its king before battle.” Its durable contribution is this: Wrong and rage may be named honestly before the LORD, yet judgment remains accountable to justice and never turns another person into disposable prey. The local movement is “The community prays for its king before battle.” The unit's reviewed limit is: Ancient intercession for a Judahite king does not sacralize a modern ruler, army, nation, or party.
How It Can Shape Life
- Because Psalm 20:5 belongs to “The community prays for its king before battle,” its role must lead the practice: Psalm 20:5 voices testimony, resolve, or self-address in “We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we…,” preserving the poem's individual or communal speaker. When “We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our…” voices danger or judgment, verify the harm, protect those at risk, and submit retaliation to lawful and accountable processes.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Psalms 20:1–9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms
Open Scriptures
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Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 20:1–9
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NET Bible Notes: Psalms 1-150
Biblical Studies Press
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Supports: Verse-level controls for poetic syntax, imagery, older KJV language, textual issues, headings, and alternatives in Psalms 20:1–9.
Exact location: Official NET Bible Psalm 20 HTML, translator, textual, and study notes attached to Psalms 20:1–9
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