1 May the Lord answer you on a day of trouble!

May the name of the God of Jacob *20:1 Lit make you high and inaccessibleprotect you!

2 May He send you help from the sanctuary,

And support you from Zion!

3 May He remember all your meal offerings

And *20:3 Lit consider your...as fataccept your burnt offering! Selah

4 May He grant you your heart’s desire

And fulfill your whole plan!

5 * 20:5 Or Let’s sing We will sing for joy over your *20:5 Or salvationvictory,

And in the name of our God we will set up our banners.

May the Lord fulfill all your desires.

6 Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;

He will answer him from His holy heaven

With the *20:6 Or mighty deeds of the victory of His right handsaving strength of His right hand.

7 Some praise their chariots and some their horses,

But we will praise the name of the Lord, our God.

8 They have bowed down and fallen,

But we have risen and stood upright.

9 * 20:9 Or O Lord, save the king; answer us Save, Lord;

May the King answer us on the day we call.