Psalms 20:8

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

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

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The early church

"They have been bound, and fallen" [Psalm 20:8]. And therefore were they bound by the lust of temporal things, fearing to spare the Lord, lest they should lose their place by "the Romans:" [John 11:48] and rushing violently on the stone of offense and rock of stumbling, they fell from the heavenly hope: to whom the blindness in part of Israel has happened, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and wishing to establish their own. "But we are risen, and stand upright." But we, that the Gentile people might enter in, out of the stones raised up as children to Abraham, [Matthew 3:9] who followed not after righteousness, have attained to it, and are risen; [Romans 9:30] and not by our own strength, but being justified by faith, we stand upright.
Augustine of Hippo · d. 430Expositions on the Psalms

Commentary

Spurgeon · Verse 8

How different the end of those whose trusts are different! The enemies of God are uppermost at first, but they ere long are brought down by force, or else fall of their own accord. Their foundation is rotten, and therefore when the time comes it gives way under them; their chariots are burned in the fire, and their horses die of pestilence, and where is their boasted strength? As for those who rest on Jehovah, they are often cast down at the first onset, but an Almighty arm uplifts them, and they joyfully stand upright. The victory of Jesus is the inheritance of his people. The world, death, Satan, and sin, shall all be trampled beneath the feet of the champions of faith; while those who rely upon an arm of flesh shall be ashamed and confounded for ever.

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