Psalms 84:9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
In Context
8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer. Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29Happy are thou, O Israel. Who is like thee, a people saved by LORD, the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves to thee, and thou shall tread upon their high places.
1 Samuel 16:6And it came to pass, when they came, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely LORD's anointed is before him.
2 Chronicles 6:42O LORD God, do not turn away the face of thine anointed. Remember [thy] loving kindnesses to David thy servant.
Psalms 2:6Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 17:1Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry. Give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.
Psalms 84:11For LORD God is a sun and a shield. LORD will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 84:9-12
Delight in God's Ordinances. 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. 10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in… Read the whole commentary →