시편 20:2의 인용 해설

The Yerushalmi [says] immediately [juxtapose] redemption [to prayer] etc. in the first chapter of Berakhot: And it is written in the glosses of the Asheri on the first chapter of Berakhot that on Shabbat one need not juxtapose redemption to prayer, since we derive it from "May the Lord answer you on a day of trouble" (Psalms 20:2), and it is written after it "May the words of my mouth [be acceptable]" (Psalms 19:15), and Shabbat is not a day of trouble—thus far [his words]. But his words do not seem correct, because that verse is merely an asmakhta (support), and even without that verse one must juxtapose redemption to prayer. And furthermore, the Shabbat prayer is in place of the weekday prayer, which is supplication in time of trouble

What seems most likely to me about this is, that the main desire of Israel was to show all the nations that God’s name is called upon them, and they [the nations] should fear them. Through this, they would raise the banner of exaltation and victory in all four directions of the world, because by being surrounded in all four directions with the Divine Presence and the Ark in the middle as a mound that everyone turns to, all nations would see that they walk in the name of God. This is the sign to which all those dwelling in the circle around it direct their eyes, as our Sages said (Taanit 31, see there) that in the future, the Holy One, blessed be He, will make a circle for the righteous in the Garden of Eden with His glory in the middle, as it is said And I will walk among you (Leviticus 26:12). For all the turns that the righteous make are facing the Divine Presence, and so it is in this world.
This is the sign of the banner, for it is a symbol of victory in battle, and this banner is in the name of God, for not by their sword did they possess the land but by the name of God. Similarly, the angels, by surrounding the throne of His glory, instill fear in all creatures, as it is written, Awesome as bannered hosts (Song of Songs 6:10). For through this encirclement, they will inspire fear in all nations like the angels whom everyone fears.
Jacob was promised these banners, as it is said about him You shall spread out westward, etc. (Genesis 28:14). Therefore it says, each man by his banner with the signs. That is, with the signs that their father Jacob gave them, etc., for in a vision the matter of the banners was shown to him in the verse, You shall spread out westward, etc. Therefore the psalm begins May the name of the God of Jacob protect you, etc. (Psalms 20:2-6). And about this it says, and in the name of our God we will raise our banners — to raise the banner of exaltation and victory in all four directions in the name of our God.
Therefore they said, What do you see in the Shulamite, etc. For your victory is a human victory, and all this does not equal “the dance of the camps,” which indicates divine victory, for they have bowed down and fallen. For their outcome is uncertain if they will be victorious, but we have risen and been encouraged, for certainly all who fight in the name of God are victorious.
Moreover, the main thing is missing from you, namely the appearance of God’s glory, which is the sign to which all those dwelling around the center direct themselves. Therefore it says with signs, in order for the Divine Presence to be a sign toward which they direct their gaze.

When our sages claimed that no more than one day of exile had been decreed on the Jewish people, we may have to understand this in terms of Psalms 20,2: "The Lord will answer you on the day of trouble;" the "day" the Psalmist refers to being the "day" In G'd's calendar, i.e. 1.000 years in our calendar. According to this calculation the most that we would have have had to wait since the destruction of the Temple until redemption should have been 672 years, i.e. 172 years which were left in the fourth millenium when the Temple was destroyed plus the 500 years which represent the "night" of the fifth millenium. Upon the arrival of the "morning" of that half of the millenium the ultimate redemption should have materialised. Alas, due to the fact that our people have not rehabilitated themselves that "day" passed without our being redeemed. This was Isaiah's lament when he said in Isaiah 33,2: "O Lord, be gracious to us! It is to You we have looked." The word קוינו, "we have looked," refers to our hope to experience redemption on the first "morning" which has been disappointed. At any rate, the prophet continues, היה זרועם לבקרים, "be their arm on mornings," i.e. on the second morning after two nights of exile have passed.

While God answers [provides] him, etc. The Holy One, Blessed Is He, bears a permanent testimony about this eternally.²³According to Rashi מענה means, “bears testimony” as in, “you shall not bear false testimony [לא תענה] in Shemos 20:13. Alternatively, מענה means “answers” as in “may Adonoy answer [יענך] you,” in Tehillim 20:2. (Ibn Ezra)