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Help from God's Presence
Commentators explain that "the sanctuary" and "Zion" refer to the Tabernacle or Temple, the specific place where God's presence dwelled on earth. The prayer is for help to come directly from God's holy presence, where sacrifices were made and His covenant was remembered. This reminds believers that true strength and assistance flow from a relationship with the holy God.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 20:2
18th Century
Theologian
Send you help - Margin, your help. So the Hebrew. The idea is, such help as he needed; such as would make him safe.
From the sanct…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 20:2
19th Century
Preacher
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; (Psalms 20:2).
And you know how there came, from th…
John Calvin
On Psalms 20:2
16th Century
Theologian
May he send you help. That is to say, may he help you from Mount Zion, where he commanded the ark of the covenant to be placed, and chose …
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John Gill
On Psalms 20:2
17th Century
Pastor
Send you help from the sanctuary
Meaning either from the tabernacle, the holy place, where was the ark, the symbol o…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 20:1–9
17th Century
Minister
Even the greatest of men may be much in trouble. Neither the crown on the king's head, nor the grace in his heart, will make him free from trouble.…