May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions!
David wrote this psalm not as a royal command for his own glory, but as a teacher giving the Church a common form of prayer, that God's kingdom, which He Himself erected, might continue safe and prosperous. The occasion may have been a particular battle, but the Spirit's design was to deliver a standing prayer for all God's people.
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Commenting on Psalm 20:1-9
In Jesus there is salvation, and we must resolve to rejoice in it come what may. The people in this psalm felt sure of victory before battle began; how much more ought we, who have seen the victory completely won? If joy were more general among the Lord's people, God would be more glorified among men.
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Even great men who pray well must not despise the prayers of others for them; David himself desired his people's intercession. Those in power ought to prize praying people as their true strength and do nothing to forfeit their prayers, for a ruler's greatness cannot exempt him from trouble or excuse him from devotion.
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Commenting on Psalm 20:1-5