Psalms 84:9
Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
Berean Standard Bible
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 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
1 Samuel 16:6When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
2 Chronicles 6:42O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Psalms 17:1Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
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 →