Psalms 20:8

“They are brought down and fallen, etc.] These are they that rode in chariots and on horses, and trusted in them; who are brought down from their places of honour and safety; and fall, not into the hands of their enemies, and into a low and mean estate, but to the ground by death; as also such who, being like Capernaum, lifted up to heaven with their own outward attainments, and think to get thither by them, are brought down to hell, and fall into the pit of corruption; but we are risen, and stand upright; who remember the name of the Lord, and trust in him; the church is sometimes in a very low and depressed condition; it consists of a poor and an afflicted people, and who are persecuted by…”

“They--that is, who trust in horses, &c. stand upright--literally, "we have straightened ourselves up from our distress and fears."”

“They are brought down and fallen - That is, those who trust in chariots and horses. The reference here is undoubtedly to the enemies against whom the king was about to wage war, and the language here is indicative of his certain conviction that they would be vanquished. So certain was he now of this that he could speak of it as if it were already done. “They “are” brought down.” He sees them in anticipation prostrate and subdued; he goes forth to war with the certainty on his mind that this would occur. The word rendered “brought down” - כרע kâra‛ - means “to bend,” “to bow” (as the knees); and then it refers to one who bows down before an enemy, that is, one who is subdued, Isaiah 10:4;…”

“Brought down - From their horses and chariots, to which they trusted. Stand - Stand firmly, and keep the field. Psalms 20:9”

“They: Psa 34:21, Psa 34:22; Jdg 5:31 but we: Psa 125:1, Psa 146:5-9; Jer 17:7, Jer 17:8 Psalms 20:9”