Praying Psalm 20

[Justin_Mary]

Praying Psalm 20 today I was having trouble making sense of who was talking to who & how this points to Jesus.

May the Lord answer in time of trial; may the name of Jacob’s God protect you.
May he send you help from his shrine and give you support from Sion.

May he remember all your offerings and receive your sacrifice with favour.
May he give you your heart’s desire and fulfil every one of your plans.

May we ring out our joy at your victory and rejoice in the name of our God. May the Lord grant all your prayers.

I am sure now that the Lord will give victory to his anointed, will reply from his holy heaven with the mighty victory of his hand.

Some trust in chariots or horses, but we in the name of the Lord. They will collapse and fall, but we shall hold and stand firm.

Give victory to the king, O Lord, give answer on the day we call.

I know there’s no “right/wrong” answer here, but I wanted to get your perspective on what this means to you today.

So for me, I started trying to figure out who was talking to who? I tried to imagine Jesus praying this with his disciples, I tried to imagine David speaking these words over his son.

But it really moved me contemplating Our Blessed Mother praying these words as she gazed at her new born son.

If you’ve had time to reflect on this today, how has it touched you?

 

[njlisa]

@Justin_Mary

I pray the Evening Prayer from the Daily Office. Throughout the day, Psalms make up the bulk of the prayers.

I have a hard time praying the Psalms, because I focus on the meaning. I’m trying not to intellectualize. I remind myself that the Daily Office is the Prayer of the Church. The Psalms are there for a reason. So I just try to go with it.

God bless you and I hope this helps.

 

[Cor_ad_Cor]

I’ve always found this one a bit awkward because we often attribute authorship to David (as we do with most of the psalms), and there’s some belief that this is the prayer of the people on behalf of their king, who at that time would be…David. So he’s writing about himself from the perspective of his people. Different, to say the least.

 

[Vico]

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I know there’s no “right/wrong” answer here, but I wanted to get your perspective on what this means to you today.
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Spiritual battle.

Haydock Commantary has for Psalm 19 (Douay-Challoner) " Ver. 1. David. This psalm was to be sung when he or his successors went to battle. In a higher sense, it may allude to the victories of Christ, and of his Church. Bert." (Bert. = John Baptiste Berthier 1840-1908)