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.
Geneva Bible 1599
Psalms 20
1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The Lord heare thee in the day of trouble: the name of ye God of Iaakob defend thee: 2Send thee helpe from the Sanctuarie, and strengthen thee out of Zion. 3Let him remember all thine offerings, and turne thy burnt offerings into asshes. Selah: 4And graunt thee according to thine heart, and fulfill all thy purpose: 5That we may reioyce in thy saluation, and set vp the banner in the Name of our God, when the Lord shall performe all thy petitions. 6Now know I that the Lord will helpe his anointed, and will heare him from his Sanctuarie, by the mightie helpe of his right hand. 7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the Name of ye Lord our God. 8They are brought downe and fallen, but we are risen, and stand vpright. 9Saue Lord: let the King heare vs in the day that we call.
Geneva Bible (1599). Public domain.