Psalms 84:9
Behold, O God, our defender, and look upon your anointed,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
In Context
8Lord, God of hosts, hear my prayer, attend, O God of Jacob. Selah
Cross References
Psalms 2:6“This my king is installed by me, on Zion my holy mountain.”
Psalms 17:1Listen, O Lord, to my innocence; attend to my piercing cry. Give heed to my prayer out of lips unfeigned.
Psalms 84:11for the Lord is sun and shield, the Lord gives grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from the life that is blameless.
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 →