Psalms 84:9
Behold, God our shield,look at the face of your anointed.
New Heart English Bible
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.Listen, God of Jacob.Selah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29You are happy, Israel.Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,the shield of your help,the sword of your excellency!Your enemies shall submit themselves to you.You shall tread on their high places."
1 Samuel 16:6It happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, "Surely the Lord's anointed is before him."
2 Chronicles 6:42"Lord God, do not turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant."
Psalms 2:6"Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion."
Psalms 17:1A Prayer by David.Hear, Lord, my righteous plea;Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.
Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is a sun and a shield.The Lord will give grace and glory.He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
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 →