---
title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 44 of 159
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/44/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 44. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/44/"
---

# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 44. Psalm 20

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/44/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/44/#p-N

[¶0] To the Chief Musician. A Psalm Of David

[¶1] 1 May Jehovah hear thee in the day of trouble!

[¶2] 2 May he send help to thee from the sanctuary! And out of Zion sustain thee!

[¶3] 3 May he be mindful of all thy offerings! And thy holocaust may he make flit! Selah.

[¶4] 4 May he give to thee according to thy heart! And all thy counsel may he fulfill!

[¶5] 5 That we may exult in thy salvation, And in the name of our God erect a banner, When Jehovah shall fulfill all thy petitions.

[¶6] 6 Now I have known that Jehovah hath saved his anointed; He will hear him from the heavens of his sanctuary, In the mightiness of the salvation of his right hand.

[¶7] 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But the name of Jehovah our God we will remember.

[¶8] 8 They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen up and stand erect.

[¶9] 9 O Jehovah! do thou save; Let the King hear us in the day that we call upon him.