Psalms 84:9
Beholde, O God, our shielde, and looke vpon the face of thine Anointed.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
In Context
8O Lord God of hostes, heare my prayer: hearken, O God of Iaakob. Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed art thou, O Israel: who is like vnto thee, O people saued by the Lord, the shielde of thine helpe, and which is the sword of thy glorie? therefore thine enemies shall bee in subiection to thee, and thou shalt tread vpon their hie places.
1 Samuel 16:6And when they were come, hee looked on Eliab, and saide, Surely the Lordes Anointed is before him.
2 Chronicles 6:42O Lord God, refuse not the face of thine anoynted: remember the mercies promised to Dauid thy seruant.
Psalms 2:6Euen I haue set my King vpon Zion mine holy mountaine.
Psalms 17:1The prayer of Dauid. Heare the right, O Lord, consider my crye: hearken vnto my prayer of lips vnfained.
Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is the sunne and shielde vnto vs: the Lord will giue grace and glory, and no good thing will he withhold from them that walke vprightly.
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 →