Psalm 20:8 “They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.”

Psalm 20:8

They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

They are bowed down and fallen; But we are risen, and stand upright.

Geneva Bible 1599

They are brought downe and fallen, but we are risen, and stand vpright.

Darby Translation

They are bowed down and fallen; but we are risen and stand upright.

Young's Literal Translation

They — they have bowed and have fallen, And we have risen and station ourselves upright.

Bible in Basic English

They are bent down and made low; but we have been lifted up.

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Cross references

“They”

Judges 5:31 Psalm 34:21 Psalm 34:22

Judges 5:31 · BSB

So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

Psalm 34:21 · BSB

Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.

Psalm 34:22 · BSB

The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.

“but we”

Psalm 125:1 Psalm 146:5–9 Jeremiah 17:7 Jeremiah 17:8

Psalm 125:1 · BSB

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

Psalm 146:5–9 · BSB

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Jeremiah 17:7 · BSB

But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

Jeremiah 17:8 · BSB

He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to prod…

Also

Micah 7:8

Micah 7:8 · BSB

Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

9O LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.

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