Psalms 84:9
\84:8\O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
In Context
8\84:7\They go from strength to strength; every one of them comes before God in Zion.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, a people whose saviour is the Lord, whose help is your cover, whose sword is your strength! All those who are against you will put themselves under your rule, and your feet will be planted on their high places.
1 Samuel 16:6Now when they came, looking at Eliab, he said, Clearly the man of the Lord's selection is before him.
2 Chronicles 6:42O Lord God, let him whom you have taken for yourself never be given up by you: keep in mind your mercies to David your servant.
Psalms 2:6But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 17:1A Prayer. Of David. Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.
Psalms 84:11\84:10\For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
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 →