Psalms 84:9
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
In Context
8O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by the LORD, The shield of thy help, And that is the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
1 Samuel 16:6And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on 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: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
Psalms 2:6Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 17:1Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry; give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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 →