Psalmorum 20

1 in finem psalmus David exaudiat te Dominus in die tribulationis protegat te nomen Dei Iacob

TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH answers you, In a day of adversity, The Name of the God of Jacob sets you on high,

2 mittat tibi auxilium de sancto et de Sion tueatur te

He sends your help from the sanctuary, And supports you from Zion,

3 memor sit omnis sacrificii tui et holocaustum tuum pingue fiat diapsalma

He remembers all your presents, And reduces your burnt-offering to ashes. (Selah)

4 tribuat tibi secundum cor tuum et omne consilium tuum confirmet

He gives to you according to your heart, And fulfills all your counsel.

5 laetabimur in salutari tuo et in nomine Dei nostri magnificabimur

We sing of Your salvation, And in the Name of our God set up a banner. YHWH fulfills all your requests.

6 impleat Dominus omnes petitiones tuas nunc cognovi quoniam salvum fecit Dominus christum suum exaudiet illum de caelo sancto suo in potentatibus salus dexterae eius

Now I have known That YHWH has saved His anointed, He answers him from His holy heavens, With the saving might of His right hand.

7 hii in curribus et hii in equis nos autem in nomine Domini Dei nostri invocabimus

Some of chariots, and some of horses, And we of the Name of our God YHWH Make mention.

8 ipsi obligati sunt et ceciderunt nos vero surreximus et erecti sumus

They have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright.

9 Domine salvum fac regem et exaudi nos in die qua invocaverimus te

O YHWH, save the king, He answers us in the day we call!