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Psalms 20:9

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Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call.
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  1. Psalms 5:2Rank 1 from verse 9
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    2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

  2. Psalms 118:25–26Rank 2 from verse 9
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    25Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.

    26Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

  3. Psalms 44:4Rank 3 from verse 9
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    4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

  4. Matthew 21:15Rank 4 from verse 9
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    15And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,

  5. Psalms 74:12Rank 5 from verse 9
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    12For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

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Psalms 20:9

COMBINED MEANING

save

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Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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call

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1. To name. 2. To summon or invite. 3. To proclaim or address. 4. To request.

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8They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

9Save, Lord: let the king hear us when we call.

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