Psalms 84:9
I will hear what the Lord God will say concerning me: 1 For he shall speak peace to his people, 1 And to his saints, 1 And to those that turn their heart toward him. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
In Context
8Show us thy mercy, O Lord, 1 And grant us thy salvation. 1
10Moreover his salvation is near them that fear him; 1 That glory may dwell in our land. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed art thou, O Israel; 1 Who is like to thee, O people saved by the Lord? 1 Thy helper shall hold his shield over thee, 1 And his sword is thy boast; 1 And thine enemies shall speak falsely to thee, 1 And thou shalt tread upon their neck.
1 Samuel 16:6And it came to pass when they came in, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.
2 Chronicles 6:42O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: 1 Remember the mercies of thy servant David.
Psalms 2:6But I have been made king by him 1 On Zion his holy mountain, 1
Psalms 17:1For the end, a Psalm of David the servant of the Lord; the words which he spoke to the Lord, even the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: and he said: 1
Psalms 84:11Mercy and truth are met together: 1 Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 1
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 →