Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
English Revised Version
Psalms 20
1The LORD answer thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high; 2Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; 3Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah 4Grant thee thy heart’s desire, and fulfill all thy counsel. 5We will triumph in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfill all thy petitions. 6Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he wilt answer him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. 7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will make mention of the name of the LORD our God. 8They are bowed down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. 9Save, LORD: let the King answer us when we call.
English Revised Version (1885). Public domain. The 1881/1885 British revision of the King James Version; parent of the ASV.