A Prayer for Victory (Psalm 20)

It is kinda late at night but can't really sleep. Worrying about Ian although I have said that I placed my worries in the hands of my most gracious saviour. =) How human of me.

Opened the bible to seek His word, His promises and came across this Psalm. After reading it, I immediately called my dearest and prayed this prayer over him. We claim all its promises through the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ... We claim this victory in our Lord's gracious, blessed and merciful name. Amen!

Psalm 20

For the director of music. A psalm of David. A victory prayer.

¹ May the LORD answer you when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

² May he send you help from the sanctuary
and grant you support from Zion.

³ May he remember all your sacrifices
and accept your burnt offerings.
Selah

⁴ May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.

⁵ We will shout for joy when you are victorious
and will lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May the LORD grant all your requests.

⁶ Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed;
he answers him from his holy heaven
with the saving power of his right hand.

⁷ Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

⁸ They are brought to their knees and fall,
but we rise up and stand firm.

⁹ O LORD, save the king!
Answer ^[a] us when we call!

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FYI...

What does Selah mean?

This word is extensively used in the Psalms. And the reason is because the psalms are a prayer book, divinely-inspired songs of the people of Israel, often messianic, allegorical, and historically parabolic. That is to say, history, replete with spiritual meanings.

The Selah is there to signal the believer to 'measure' carefully the meaning of what has been said. i.e., here is wisdom, reflect and understand. Just as the Hebrew word Amen [amen] is an exclamation of confidence or truth and certainty of what has been said, so Selah [celah], is an exclamation that we should measure and reflect upon what has been said.