20:1-3 David makes several prayers for us:
May the Lord answer you.May the Lord defend you.May the Lord help you.May the Lord remember you.May the Lord accept you.
And truly it is a blessing at we can count on God to do each of those things: He listens and answers, watches and defends, supports, remembers and accepts. He has made us His priority; and as His children, we have access to that which so much of the world neglects. We do not rely on things or people or substances to ensure our happiness, or ability to endure. Our reliance is on our Provider, our Savior, our almighty God who knows our needs and fills them expertly, consistently, fully.
20:4 David's intercessory prayer for us continues:
May He grant according to your heart's desire
May He fulfill all your purpose.
When we commit ourselves and our life to God, our heart's desire and our purpose align. God ensures that both are fulfilled. When He is our treasure, our heart's desire and He is our purpose and destination, we can be sure that the path of our life and everything that comes onto it is known by Him and under His authority.
20:6 Be confident, as David was, that God will save His anointed (the children who chose Him and who were thus chosen for great purpose). We have God's ear and from His place He will answer what needs and questions we speak into it. Powerfully, deftly.
20:7-8 Regardless of what others, or the world in general trusts in, we choose to remember that only God is worthy of our trust. Others have bowed down to the material world, to temptation, to self-serving interests, but we have risen in faith. We stand in righteousness.
20:9 David closes his prayer with a request: save, Lord; answer, Lord. We need His rescue and His voice.
