Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 20:1

1. THe LORD hear thee in the day of trouble : the Name of the God of Iacob defend thee.

In this time of War and Danger.

(i. e) God himself; For Names are oft put for Persons, as Numb. 26. 53. A[illegible: 1+ letters]. 1. 15. and 4. 12. and the Name of God, for God, as Deut. 28. 58. Ne[illegible: 1+ letters]. 9. 5. Psal. 44. 98. 20. Prov. 18. 10. and oft elsewhere. He calls him the God of Iacob, or Israel, partly to distinguish him from false God's; and partly as an Argument to enforce the Prayer, because God had made a League, or Covenant with Iacob and his Posterity, who are called by the Name of Iacob, Psal. 147. 19, 20. Isa. 44. 2. and whose cause David was now pleading against their Enemies.

Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1+ letters]t [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] high [illegible: 1 word].