the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Psalms 84:9
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See our shield, O God,And look upon the face of Your anointed.
Behold our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Your anointed.
Beholde O Lorde our shielde: and loke vpon the face of thyne annointed.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
O God, behold our shield, And look upon the face of Your anointed.
Behold, O God, our shield; and look upon the face of Your anointed.
God, watch over the king, our protector. Be kind to him, the one you have chosen.
Behold, God our shield, Look at the face of your anointed.
Behold, O God our shield: and looke vpon the face of thine anointed.
Beholde o God oure defence, loke vpon the face of thyne anoynted.
See our shield, O God, And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].
Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.
O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.
Look, O God our shield, And look at the face of your anointed.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thy anointed.
O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king!
You are the shield that protects your people, and I am your chosen one. Won't you smile on me?
Adonai , God of armies, hear my prayer; listen, God of Ya‘akov. (Selah)
Beholde, O God, our shielde, and looke vpon the face of thine Anointed.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
Behold, God our shield, Look at the face of your anointed.
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;
O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield! Show favor to the one you have anointed.
Look upon our safe-covering, O God. And look upon the face of Your chosen one.
Moreover his salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
Behold our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed.
Our Shield, behold thou, O God, And look upon the face of thine Anointed One.
(83-10) Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.
Look at our shield, O God, and have regard for the face of your anointed one.
Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!
See our shield, God, And look at the face of Your anointed.
God, look at our shield; be kind to your appointed king.
Bless our king, O God, the king you have chosen.
Consider our shield, God; look on the face of Your anointed one.
God, oure defender, biholde thou; and biholde in to the face of thi crist.
Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed,
Behold our shield, O God; look upon the face of thine anointed!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
our: Psalms 84:11, Psalms 98:1, Genesis 15:1, Deuteronomy 33:29
the face: Psalms 2:2, Psalms 2:6, *marg. Psalms 89:20, 1 Samuel 2:10, 2 Samuel 23:1, 2 Chronicles 6:42, Acts 4:27
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:3 - shield Psalms 89:38 - wroth Psalms 132:10 - turn not Isaiah 10:27 - because
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold, O God our shield,.... Which may be considered either as the character of God, who is addressed, who was David's shield, and the shield of his people, to protect and defend them from their enemies, and is the shield of all the saints; this favour encompasses them as a shield, and his truth is their shield and buckler; his veracity and faithfulness, in keeping covenant and promises; and so is his power, by which they are kept unto salvation; see Psalms 3:3, or else it belongs to other persons and things the psalmist desires God would behold, in agreement with the following clause. Jarchi interprets it of the house of the sanctuary, as a shield unto them; much better Aben Ezra of the king their protector; and makes the sense of the petition to be, that God would save our king; it is best to apply it to Christ, afterwards called a sun and shield; see on
Psalms 84:11, and to whom the following clause belongs:
and look upon the face of thine anointed; meaning either himself, David, the anointed of the God of Jacob, who was anointed with oil, in a literal sense, king of Israel, by the appointment and order of the Lord himself; and his request is, that God would look upon his outward state and condition, which was a distressed and an afflicted one, with an eye of pity and compassion, he being deprived of sanctuary worship and service, and of the presence of God there; see Psalms 132:1 or rather he has a view to the Messiah, the Lord's Christ, or Anointed, the anointed Prophet, Priest, and King, anointed with the oil of gladness, the grace of the Spirit, without measure; and so the sense is, that though he and his petitions were unworthy of notice, yet he entreats that God would look upon his Son the Messiah, and for his sake hear and answer him; look upon his person, and accept him in him, the Beloved; upon his future obedience and righteousness, and impute it to him; upon his sufferings, and death he was to endure, to save him from his sins; upon his blood to be shed for the remission of them, as he had looked upon the blood of the passover, upon the doorposts of the Israelites, and saved them when he destroyed the firstborn of Egypt; and upon his sacrifice, which is of a sweet smelling savour; and upon his fulness, for the supply of his wants. Kimchi takes it to be a prayer for the speedy coming of the Messiah.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Behold, O God our shield - Our defense, as a shield is a defense in the day of battle. Compare Psalms 5:12, note; Psalms 18:2, note; Psalms 33:20, note. It is an appeal to God as a protector. The psalmist was an exile - a wanderer - and he looked to God as his defense.
And look upon the face of thine anointed - Look favorably upon; look with benignity and kindness. The word anointed here is the word “Messiah” - משׁיח mâshı̂yach (Greek, Χριστός Christos, “Christ”; see the notes at Matthew 1:1). Compare the notes at Psalms 2:2. It here refers, however, evidently to the author of the psalm; and the word used is evidence that the author was David, as the anointed of the Lord, or someone set apart to the kingly office. It is true that this word was applicable to other kings, and also to priests and prophets, but the circumstances in the case concur best on the supposition that David is referred to. The allusion here is not to Christ; and the language does not suggest or justify the use which is often made of it when prayer is offered, that “God would look upon us in the face of his anointed” - whatever may, or may not be, the propriety of that prayer on other, grounds.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 84:9. Behold, O God, our shield — We have no Protector but thee. Thou seest the deadly blows that are aimed at us; cover our souls; protect our lives!
Look upon the face of thine anointed. — Consider the supplications sent up by him whom thou hast appointed to be Mediator between thee and man-thy Christ. But some apply this to David, to Zerubbabel, to the people of Israel; and each has his reasons.
