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Psalm 20:8

They are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright.

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.
8They are bowed down and fallen, but we rise up, and stand upright.
9Save, LORD! Let the King answer us when we call!
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The fallen enemies and standing people make a sharp contrast: the strength that looks decisive in battle does not have the final word.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 125:1A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.Both passages connect trust in the LORD with stability, pictured as standing upright or as an immovable mountain.
Micah 7:8Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.Both passages speak of rising in the face of enemies, with confidence grounded in the LORD’s help.
Jeremiah 17:7–8“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose confidence is in the LORD.Jeremiah names trust in the LORD as blessed, sharing the confidence that underlies the people’s standing in Psalm 20.
Psalm 34:21–22Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.Both passages describe the downfall of opponents, though Psalm 34 names their evil and hatred of the righteous.
Judges 5:31“So let all your enemies perish, LORD, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.Both passages contrast defeated enemies with the strength of those who trust or love the LORD.
Psalm 146:5–9Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God,Both passages locate hope in God’s help, the source of confidence behind Psalm 20’s declaration that the people stand.
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Encouragement

Your strength has limits. In this prayer for a king facing battle, the people’s confidence rests in YHWH who saves, even as they keep asking for his help.

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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).