Psalm 20:6
“Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.”
King James Version
Confidence in God saving his anointed king, fulfilled in Christ's resurrection from the right hand of the Father.
Fulfillment References
Acts 2:33 Hebrews 1:3 Philippians 2:9
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) Pentecostal'The LORD saveth his anointed (Heb. mashiach)... with the saving strength of his right hand.' Supremely fulfilled when God raised and exalted His Anointed, Jesus, to His right hand (Acts 2:33; Heb. 1:3; Phil. 2:9). The Anointed saved and exalted is the Lord Jesus — God glorified in the flesh He assumed.
JewishA confidence that God delivers His anointed king in battle; the 'anointed' here is the reigning Davidic monarch.
CatholicRead of God's vindication of Christ the Anointed, raised and exalted by the 'right hand' of His saving power.
ProtestantTypologically fulfilled in the Father's saving and exalting of Christ (Acts 2:33; Phil. 2:9), the true Anointed.
AcademicA royal psalm of intercession before battle; 'his anointed' is the Davidic king, the exaltation language later applied to Jesus.
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