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Psalm 20:5

We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May the LORD grant all your requests.

3remember all your offerings, and accept your burned sacrifice. Selah.
4May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.
5We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May the LORD grant all your requests.
6Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven, with the saving strength of his right hand.
7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
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Banners raised in God’s name make the king’s hoped-for deliverance a shared celebration, even as the people are still asking YHWH to answer.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Exodus 17:15Moses built an altar, and called its name “The LORD our Banner”.Moses names his altar “The LORD our Banner”, while the people in Psalm 20 set up banners in God’s name.
1 Samuel 1:17Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”Eli’s blessing and the psalm’s closing plea both ask God to grant another person’s requests.
Psalm 60:4You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.Both passages connect a displayed banner with God: Psalm 20 raises banners in his name; Psalm 60 calls the banner his gift.
Isaiah 25:9It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is the LORD! We have waited for him. We will be glad …Both passages anticipate shared joy in God’s salvation, with Isaiah naming the waiting that precedes that celebration.
2 Chronicles 14:11Asa cried to the LORD his God, and said, “LORD, there is no one besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength. Help us, LORD our God; for …Asa faces battle in God’s name and asks for help, matching the psalm’s banners raised in God’s name and prayer for success.
Nehemiah 2:20Then I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven will prosper us. Therefore we, his servants, will arise and build; but you have no portion, nor …Both passages express confidence in God for success, with banners in the psalm and building in Nehemiah.
Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of …Both passages celebrate salvation from God, expressing that joy through banners in the psalm and clothing in Isaiah.
Habakkuk 3:18yet I will rejoice in the LORD. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!Habakkuk’s joy in the God of his salvation shares the psalm’s expectation of triumph in God’s salvation.
Psalm 118:12They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the LORD’s name I cut them off.Both passages link victory with the LORD’s name, though Psalm 118 describes enemies being cut off and Psalm 20 anticipates celebration.
Song of Songs 2:4He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.Both passages use a banner, though Psalm 20 names God and Song of Songs speaks of love at a banquet.
Psalm 118:15The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents of the righteous. “The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.Both passages join salvation with shared rejoicing, and Psalm 118 credits the LORD’s right hand with valiant deeds.
Isaiah 12:1–3In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, the LORD; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.Both passages express praise toward God, though Psalm 20 anticipates triumph and Isaiah thanks the LORD for comfort after anger.
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There is room here to ask God for another person’s success and hope to share their joy. The people look to God as the source of the victory they await.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).