Psalm 20:5
“We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 20Meaning
The people anticipate rejoicing in God’s salvation and raising banners in God’s name while asking that petitions be fulfilled; the celebration centers on divine rescue rather than self-exaltation or national supremacy.
Read carefully
The people anticipate rejoicing in God’s salvation and raising banners in God’s name while asking that petitions be fulfilled; the celebration centers on divine rescue rather than self-exaltation or national supremacy. Keep the verse inside its literary unit.
Reflection
Read this verse as part of a communal royal prayer that entrusts crisis, leadership, worship, plans, and victory to God without turning the psalm into a guarantee of military success, prosperity, nationalism, or magical protection.