Psalms 84:9
(84:10) [Thou,] our shield, behold, O God, and look upon the face of thy anointed.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
In Context
8(84:9) O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29Happy art thou, O Israel! who is like unto thee, O people, saved by the Lord, the Shield of thy help, and who is the Sword of thy excellency! and thy enemies shall fawn upon thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high-places.
1 Samuel 16:6And it came to pass, when they came, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is [here] before him.
2 Chronicles 6:42O Lord God, turn not away the face of thy anointed: remember the pious deeds of David thy servant.
Psalms 2:6[Saying,] Yet have I appointed my king upon Zion my holy mount.
Psalms 17:1“A prayer of David.” Hear, O Lord, [the cause of] righteousness, attend unto my entreaty, give ear unto my prayer, coming from lips without deceit.
Psalms 84:11(84:12) For a sun and shield is the Lord God; grace and glory will the Lord give; he will not withhold any good from those that 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 →