Psalms 20:2

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“May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.”

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BSBPD

“May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Send thee help from the sanctuary, And strengthen thee out of Zion;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 20:2 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
  2. 2 Samuel 6:17So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
  3. 1 Kings 6:16He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
  4. 1 Kings 8:44When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
  5. 2 Chronicles 20:8They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,
  6. Psalms 3:4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
  7. Psalms 54:3For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life— men with no regard for God. Selah
  8. Psalms 73:17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
  9. Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
  10. Isaiah 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
  11. Isaiah 14:32What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
  12. Isaiah 37:34He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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