Psalm 20

Psalm 20

Verso 1

"O Senhor te ouça no dia da angústia." Todos os súditos leais rezam for their king, and certainly the citizens of Zion have good reasons to pray for him Prince of Peace. In times of conflict, loving subjects double their orders and, certainly, in the sorrows of our Lord, His church could not stop being sincere. Every day of Salvador was a day of anguish, and he it also made them days of prayer; the church joins in its intercession with its Lord and asks that he be heard in his cries and tears. The agony in the garden was especially a dark hour, but he was heard in what he was afraid. He knew that his father was always listening to him, but at that turbulent moment no answer came until three times he fell face down in the garden; then, sufficient strength was given in response to the prayer, and he rose up winner of the conflict. On the cross, also, his prayer was not heard, for in the Psalm 22 says to us: 'You heard me from the horns of the unicorns.' The church this verse implies that his Lord would himself be very devoted to prayer; In this, he is our example, teaching us that if we want to achieve something vantagem das orações dos outros, devemos primeiro orar por nós mesmos.

What mercy we can pray for on the day of anguish, and what privilege still but blessed that no problem can prevent the Lord from hearing us!

The problems roar like thunder, but the voice of the believer will be heard above. from the storm. O Jesus, when you plead for us in our hour of anguish, the Lord God will hear you. The church in this verse implies that your The Lord was very devoted to prayer; In this, he is our example, teaching us that, if we want to gain some advantage from prayers of others, we must first pray for ourselves. What mercy can we to pray on the day of anguish, and what an even more blessed privilege than any problems can prevent the Lord from hearing us! The problems roar like the thunder, but the voice of the believer will be heard above the storm. Oh Jesus, when you plead for us in our time of anguish, the Lord God you you will hear. The church in this verse implies that its Lord would be himself very Given to prayer; In this, he is our example, teaching us that, if we want to gain any advantage from the prayers of others, we must first pray for ourselves. What mercy can we pray for on the day of anguish, and that a privilege even more blessed that no problem can prevent the Lord of hearing us! The problems roar like thunder, but the voice of the believer will be heard above the storm. Oh Jesus, when you plead for us In our time of anguish, the Lord God will listen to you. What a privilege still.

But blessed that no problem can prevent the Lord from hearing us!

The problems roar like thunder, but the believer's voice will be heard above. from the storm. O Jesus, when you plead for us in our hour of anguish, the Lord God will hear you. And what a privilege even more blessed than no problem can prevent the Lord from hearing us! The problems roar like thunder, but the voice of the believer will be heard above the storm. Oh Jesus, when you plead for us in our hour of anguish, the Lord God will hear you.

This is a very refreshing confidence, and it can be delivered without fear. "The name of the God of Jacob protect you"; or, as some read, "put you in a high place." By "name" it is understood the revealed character and the Word of God; we should not worship 'the unknown God,' but we should seek to know the covenant of God with Jacob, who delights in revealing His name and attributes to your people. There can be a lot in a real name, or a name learned, or a venerable name, but it will be a theme for celestial erudition discover everything that is contained in the divine name. The glorious power of God defended and preserved the Lord Jesus through the battle of his life and death, and He has exalted him above all his enemies. His war is now carried out in his own person, but in his mystical body, the church, he is still surrounded from dangers, and only the eternal arm of our God in covenant can defend the soldiers of the cross and place them high out of reach of their enemies. The the day of the problem hasn't ended, the Savior who cries out is not silent, and the the name of the God of Israel is still the defense of the faithful. The name 'God of Jacob' is suggestive; Jacob had his day of anguish, fought, was heard, was defended, and, in the Due to time, it was placed high, and your God is still our God, the same one.

God for all your wrestling Jacobs. The whole verse is a great blessing. appropriate to be spoken by a courteous heart about a child, a friend or a minister, in the perspective of judgment; includes protection temporal and spiritual, and directs the mind towards the great source of all good.

How delicious it is to believe that our heavenly Father pronounced it over us favored heads!

Verse 2

"Send you help from the sanctuary." From the sanctuary of heaven came the angel to strengthen our Lord and the precious remembrance of God's deeds in his sanctuary, our Lord renewed himself when he was on the tree. There is no help like that which is from the sending of God, and no deliverance like that which leave your sanctuary. The sanctuary for us is the person of our blessed Lord, who was typified by the temple, and is the true sanctuary that God arm yourself, and not the man: let's fly to the cross in search of shelter in all the moments of need and help. sent to us. Men of the world despises the sanctuary, but our heart has learned to overcome it beyond everything material help. They seek assistance from the arsenal, the treasury, or the bakery, but we turn to the sanctuary. "And strengthen you from Zion." From the assemblies two saints who claimed that they had prayed for their Lord for a long time, the help could very well result for the despicable sufferer, for the praying breath is never wasted. For the mystical body of the Lord, the but richer comes in response to the allegations of its saints gathered for the holy adoration like your Zion. Certain advertisers recommend a reinforcement of gesso, but nothing can give such strength to the loins of a saint as waiting in God in the assemblies of his people. This verse is a fitting blessing on a Saturday morning, and it can be the greeting of a pastor to his people, or from a church to its minister. God, in the sanctuary of the person's dear Son, and in the city of your chosen church, it is the appropriate object of the the prayers of their people, and under such character they can confidently look to he for his promised help.

Verse 3

"Remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt offering. Selah."

Before the war kings offered sacrifices, after the acceptance of which depended on success; our blessed Lord introduced Himself as victim and it was a sweet aroma to the Most High, and then he found and defeated the legions of hell raiders. His burned sacrifice still perfume the courts of heaven, and through it the offerings of its people are received like sacrifices and offerings. We must, in our spiritual conflicts, to have an eye for the sacrifice of Jesus and never venture into war until that first the Lord give us a sign for good at the altar of the cross, where faith Behold your Lord who bleeds. "Selah" It is good to take a pause at the cross. before we proceed to the battle and, with the psalmist, shout "Selah". We are in such a hurry to hurry. A small pause can help a lot our speed. Stay, good man, there is a hurry that get tangled; Rest a little, meditate on the holocaust, and straighten it out heart for the hard work that is before you.

Verse 4

"Grant you according to your heart and fulfill all your counsel."

The desire and the counsel of Christ were both established upon salvation of your people; the church of the past wished for him a good speed in his design, and the church in these last days, with all its heart desires the complete fulfillment of your purpose. In Christ Jesus, the souls sanctified ones can appropriate this verse as a promise; they will have your desire and your plans to glorify your Master will be successful.

We can have our own will when our will is the will of God. This has always been the case with our Lord and yet he said: 'not "as I want, but as you want". What a need for submission in our case; if it were necessary for him, how much more for us?

Verse 5

'We will rejoice in your salvation.' In Jesus there is salvation; it is the your own and, therefore, it is called your salvation; but it is ours to receive and for our joy. We must resolutely address whatever comes our way, in us we will rejoice in the saving arm of the Lord Jesus. The people in this psalm, before their king went into battle, they were sure of victory and therefore, they began to rejoice in advance; how much more should we do this for what he saw the victory to be defeated! The disbelief begins to cry for the funeral before the man should be dead; Why faith should not start to touch before the dance Does victory begin? Buds are beautiful, and unfulfilled promises are worthy of admiration. If joy were more widespread among the people of Lord, God would be more glorified among men; the happiness of the subjects it is the honor of the sovereign. "And in the name of our God, we will establish our flags." We raise the standard of challenge before the enemy and we wave the victory flag over the fallen opponent. Some proclaim the war in the name of one king and some of another, but the faithful go to war in name of Jesus, the name of the incarnated God, Emmanuel, God with us. The times are bad in the present, but as long as Jesus lives and reigns in your Church, we don't need to roll up our banners out of fear, but to advance them. with sacred courage. The times are bad at present, but while Jesus to live and reign in your church, we do not need to wrap our banners with fear, but to move them forward with sacred courage. The times are bad in present, but while Jesus lives and reigns in His church, we do not need to wrap our banners with fear, but to advance them with sacred courage.

The tremendous name of Jesus puts all our enemies to flight; Jesus, the meek, the angry lamb A lion is in battle.

The church must not forget that Jesus is its advocate before the throne, and, therefore, it summarizes the desires already expressed in the short phrase: "The Lord fulfill all your petitions." Never forget that among those petitions is the Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am.

Verse 6 "Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed." We live and learn. and what we learned we are not ashamed to acknowledge. The one who thinks he knows everything, will lose the joy of discovering a new truth; he he will never be able to cry, "now I know," for he is so wise in his own presumption that knows everything that can be revealed and much more.

Conscious souls of ignorance must be taught by the Lord and if to cheer while they learn. Fervent prayer often leads to confidence secured. The church claimed that the Lord Jesus could gain victory in her great struggle, and now, by faith, she sees him saved by the omnipotent arm. She, evidently finds a sweet pleasure in the fragrant title of 'anointed'; she think of him as ordered before all worlds for his greatness work, and then endowed with the necessary qualifications being anointed with the Spirit of the Lord; and this is always the best comfort for the believer, that the very Jehovah anointed Jesus as Prince and Savior, and that our shield is thus the the Lord's anointed one. "He will hear him from his holy heaven with strength savior of your right hand." It is confidently stated here that the holiness and the power of God would come to the rescue of the Savior in his conflict, and certainly these two glorious attributes found an appropriate work to respond to the cries of the suffering. Since Jesus was heard, we we shall be; God is in heaven, but our prayers can reach those heights glorious; these heavens are holy, but Jesus purifies our prayers and, thus, they are admitted; our need is great, but the divine arm is strong, and all your strength is 'saving strength'; this strength, moreover, is in the hand that is most used and that is used more readily - the right hand. That these are encouragements for the supplicant saints!

Verse 6 Contrasts often reveal the truth vividly, and here the the church exposes the creature confidences of carnal men in contrast with its confidence in Prince Emanuel and the invisible Jehovah. "Some trust in "cars and some in horses." Cars and horses put on a show. imposing, and with its rattle and dust, and beautiful caparisons, make a a figure so great that the vain man is very taken with them; however, the the discerning eye of faith sees more in an invisible God than in all of this. but the most feared war engine of David's days was the war chariot, armada of scythes, which harvested men like grass: this was the ostentation and the glory of the neighboring nations; but the saints considered the name of Jehovah a much better defense. Since the Israelites could not keep horses, it was it's natural that they considered the enemy's calvary with more than habitual fear. It is, therefore, all the greater evidence of faith that the courageous the cantor can disregard even the horse of Egypt in comparison to the Lord of Hosts. Oh, how many in our days profess to be of the Lord are so abjectly dependent on their peers or on a branch of meat in one way or another, as if they had never known it name of Jehovah. Jesus, be you only our rock and refuge, and we must never to spoil the simplicity of our faith. "We will remember the name of Senhor nosso Deus." "Nosso Deus" em aliança, que nos escolheu e a quem we choose; this god is our god. The name of our God is JEHOVAH, and this should never be forgotten; the I AM, self-existent, independent, immutable, always present and full. Let's worship this incomparable name. never dishonor him by the mistrust or trust of the creature. Reader, you must know before remembering. May the blessed Spirit reveal it to him graciously to your soul!

Verse 8

How different is the end of those whose trusts are different! The enemies of God are more primitive at the beginning, but they are by far fallen by force, or they fall on their own. Their foundation is rotten. and therefore, when the time comes, she gives way under them; their cars are burned in the fire, and their horses die of pestilence and where is your boasted strength? As for those who rest in Jehovah, they are often knocked down in the first attack, but an Almighty arm raises them up and they remain cheerfully standing. The victory of Jesus is the inheritance of his people. The world, the death, Satan and sin will all be trampled underfoot by the defenders of faith; while those who depend on a fleshly arm will be ashamed and they will be confused forever.

Verse 9

The Psalm is recapitulated here. May Jesus be freed, and may He So, as our King, to listen to us is the double desire of the Psalm. The first the request is granted, and the second is certain for all the seed; and, therefore, we can close the Psalm with the warm shout "God save the king". "God save the king Jesus and may he come to reign soon.