# Psalms 20.1

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> **1. <sup>For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.</sup> Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble; The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;**
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> 2. Send thee help from the sanctuary, And strengthen thee out of Zion; 3. Remember all thy offerings, And accept thy burnt-sacrifice; Selah (Psalms 20:1-3, ASV)

**WEB** ([[WEB)
> **1. <b>For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. </b> May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,**
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> 2. send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion, 3. remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice. <i>Selah.</i> (Psalms 20:1-3, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; <sup>defend: Heb. set thee on an high place</sup>**
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> 2. Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; <sup>thee help: Heb. thy help</sup> <sup>strengthen: Heb. support</sup> 3. Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. <sup>accept: Heb. turn to ashes: or, make fat</sup> (Psalms 20:1-3, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. To the Overseer., A Psalm of David. Jehovah doth answer thee, In a day of adversity, The name of the God of Jacob doth set thee on high,**
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> 2. He doth send thy help from the sanctuary, And from Zion doth support thee, 3. He doth remember all thy presents, And thy burnt-offering doth reduce to ashes. Selah. (Psalms 20:1-3, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [G3686 - onoma](/codex/g3686-onoma/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.