The psalm before us is very instructive. I have told you many times that the speaker in every psalm is the king. But few of the psalms describe the relationship between God and the king in such detail as this one does. Now, I trust that you are thinking "Well, Ps 2 says that God's Anointed is also His Son and His King." That is quite correct, and that is the paradigm that guides our understanding of every psalm. But though we know that the king is the Son is Christ, what more do the psalms reveal about the relationship between God and the king? This psalm says a great deal about that very topic — not directly, but through the pronouns. You have to pay careful attention to who is speaking and who is being spoken to. I hope to show you that when you examine who is speaking and who is being spoken to, you find that Psalm 20 is a prayer for the king, but most of it is addressed to the king, and it ends with an outright declaration that we ought to pray to the king and expect an answer. This psalm teaches us to pray to God for the king, but also to pray to the king with God listening — for victory, for worship, and for salvation.
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...
