Psalm 20, side by side
Two versions of the same chapter. Each row is one verse, so you can see how the wording changes.
1May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
1The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
2send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,
2Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
3remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice.
3Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
4May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.
4Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
5We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May the LORD grant all your requests.
5We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
6Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.
6Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
8They are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright.
8They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
9Save, the LORD! Let the King answer us when we call!
9Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
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