The Meaning of Psalms 20:6 Explained

Psalms 20:6

KJV: Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.

YLT: Now I have known That Jehovah hath saved His anointed, He answereth him from His holy heavens, With the saving might of His right hand.

Darby: Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed; he answereth him from the heavens of his holiness, with the saving strength of his right hand.

ASV: Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed; He will answer him from his holy heaven With the saving strength of his right hand.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now know  I that the LORD  saveth  his anointed;  he will hear  him from his holy  heaven  with the saving  strength  of his right hand. 

What does Psalms 20:6 Mean?

Study Notes

from his
Heb. "from the heaven of his holiness."

Verse Meaning

David was confident he would be successful in the coming conflict because he was the Lord"s anointed. Of course, if David had been guilty of sin, God might not have given him victory. However, the king believed that he was clean, and with the intercession of his people, he felt even more certain that he would emerge the victor.

Context Summary

Psalms 20:1-9 - The Saving Strength Of God's Right Hand
This may have been written on such an occasion as 2 Samuel 10:1-19.
The prayer of the soldiers, Psalms 20:1-4. Ready, drawn up for the battle, they salute their king. God's name is His character. The God of Jacob cannot forsake us, though we are unworthy as the patriarch. "Thou worm Jacob!" Isaiah 41:14.
The resolve, Psalms 20:5. Our banners may wave proudly in the breeze, but all is vain if God be not our trust. The Lord is our "banner," Exodus 17:15. We succeed only as we set out in His name and for His glory.
The king's voice, Psalms 20:6. Strength is plural, signifying the variety and infinity of God's resources, on which we may count.
The final chorus of the host, Psalms 20:7-9. As they look across the field, they contrast the might of their foes with their slender equipment. But as they gaze, those embattled hosts are dispersed, as clouds before a gale. Save! is the battle-cry. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 20

1  The church blesses the King in his exploits
7  and expresses her confidence in God's helpfulness

What do the individual words in Psalms 20:6 mean?

Now I know that saves Yahweh His anointed He will answer him from heaven His holy with strength of the saving His right hand
עַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּ֤י הוֹשִׁ֥יעַ ׀ יְהוָ֗ה מְשִׁ֫יח֥וֹ יַ֭עֲנֵהוּ מִשְּׁמֵ֣י קָדְשׁ֑וֹ בִּ֝גְבֻר֗וֹת יֵ֣שַׁע יְמִינֽוֹ

עַתָּ֤ה  Now 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עַתָּה  
Sense: now.
יָדַ֗עְתִּי  I  know 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
כִּ֤י  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
הוֹשִׁ֥יעַ ׀  saves 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁע 
Sense: to save, be saved, be delivered.
יְהוָ֗ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מְשִׁ֫יח֥וֹ  His  anointed 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מָשִׁיחַ  
Sense: anointed, anointed one.
יַ֭עֲנֵהוּ  He  will  answer  him 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine singular
Root: לְעַנּׄות 
Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.
מִשְּׁמֵ֣י  from  heaven 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
קָדְשׁ֑וֹ  His  holy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
בִּ֝גְבֻר֗וֹת  with  strength 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: גְּבוּרָה  
Sense: strength, might.
יֵ֣שַׁע  of  the  saving 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יֵשַׁע  
Sense: deliverance, salvation, rescue, safety, welfare.
יְמִינֽוֹ  His  right  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָמִין  
Sense: right, right hand, right side.