Psalms 84:9
Our Shield, behold thou, O God, And look upon the face of thine Anointed One.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
In Context
8O Yahweh, God of hosts, hear thou my prayer,—Give hear, thou God of Jacob. [Selah.]
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29How happy art thou, O Israel! Who is like unto thee, O people victorious in Yahweh? Thy helpful shield, who also is thy majestic sword,—So that thy foes come cringing unto thee, And, thou, upon their heights, dost march along.
1 Samuel 16:6And it came to pass, when they entered, that he looked upon Eliab,—and said to himself, Surely, before Yahweh, is his Anointed.
2 Chronicles 6:42O Yahweh God! do not turn away thy face from thine Anointed One,—oh remember lovingkindness unto David thy servant.
Psalms 2:6Yet, I, have installed my king,—on Zion my holy mountain.
Psalms 17:1Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive:
Psalms 84:11For, a sun and shield, is Yahweh God,—Grace and glory, will Yahweh give, He will not withhold what is good, from them who walk without blame.
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 →