King James Version
Psalms 20:8 in the King James Version says “They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.”
Psalms 20:8 · KJV
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. his holy: Heb. the heaven of his holiness with: Heb. by the strength of the salvation of
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and fallen”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“but we are risen”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“and stand upright”
H5749to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)
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