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Give victory to our king, O Lord!
    Answer our cry for help.

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Lord, give victory to the king!
    Answer us(A) when we call!

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Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God,
    for I pray to no one but you.

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Hear my cry for help,(A)
    my King and my God,(B)
    for to you I pray.

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You are my King and my God.
    You command victories for Israel.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 44:4 Hebrew for Jacob. The names “Jacob” and “Israel” are often interchanged throughout the Old Testament, referring sometimes to the individual patriarch and sometimes to the nation.

You are my King(A) and my God,(B)
    who decrees[a] victories(C) for Jacob.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 44:4 Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew King, O God; / command

15 The leading priests and the teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles and heard even the children in the Temple shouting, “Praise God for the Son of David.”

But the leaders were indignant.

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15 But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,”(A) they were indignant.(B)

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25 Please, Lord, please save us.
    Please, Lord, please give us success.
26 Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
    We bless you from the house of the Lord.

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25 Lord, save us!(A)
    Lord, grant us success!

26 Blessed is he who comes(B) in the name of the Lord.
    From the house of the Lord we bless you.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 118:26 The Hebrew is plural.

12 You, O God, are my king from ages past,
    bringing salvation to the earth.

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12 But God is my King(A) from long ago;
    he brings salvation(B) on the earth.

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Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting,

“Praise God[a] for the Son of David!
    Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
    Praise God in highest heaven!”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 21:9a Greek Hosanna, an exclamation of praise that literally means “save now”; also in 21:9b, 15.
  2. 21:9b Pss 118:25-26; 148:1.

The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,

“Hosanna[a] to the Son of David!”(A)

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[b](B)

“Hosanna[c] in the highest heaven!”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15
  2. Matthew 21:9 Psalm 118:25,26
  3. Matthew 21:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 15

Open up, ancient gates!
    Open up, ancient doors,
    and let the King of glory enter.

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Lift up your heads, you gates;(A)
    be lifted up, you ancient doors,
    that the King(B) of glory(C) may come in.(D)

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I am praying to you because I know you will answer, O God.
    Bend down and listen as I pray.

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I call on you, my God, for you will answer me;(A)
    turn your ear to me(B) and hear my prayer.(C)

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For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne
    in Jerusalem,[a] on my holy mountain.”

The king proclaims the Lord’s decree:
“The Lord said to me, ‘You are my son.[b]
    Today I have become your Father.[c]
Only ask, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance,
    the whole earth as your possession.
You will break[d] them with an iron rod
    and smash them like clay pots.’”

10 Now then, you kings, act wisely!
    Be warned, you rulers of the earth!

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6 Hebrew on Zion.
  2. 2:7a Or Son; also in 2:12.
  3. 2:7b Or Today I reveal you as my son.
  4. 2:9 Greek version reads rule. Compare Rev 2:27.

“I have installed my king(A)
    on Zion,(B) my holy mountain.(C)

I will proclaim the Lord’s decree:

He said to me, “You are my son;(D)
    today I have become your father.(E)
Ask me,
    and I will make the nations(F) your inheritance,(G)
    the ends of the earth(H) your possession.
You will break them with a rod of iron[a];(I)
    you will dash them to pieces(J) like pottery.(K)

10 Therefore, you kings, be wise;(L)
    be warned, you rulers(M) of the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:9 Or will rule them with an iron scepter (see Septuagint and Syriac)

Arise, O Lord!
    Rescue me, my God!
Slap all my enemies in the face!
    Shatter the teeth of the wicked!

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Arise,(A) Lord!
    Deliver me,(B) my God!
Strike(C) all my enemies on the jaw;
    break the teeth(D) of the wicked.

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