King James Version
Psalms 84:9 in the King James Version says “Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 84 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.”
Psalms 84:9 · KJV
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. strength to: or, company to company
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
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. I had: Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“our shield”
H4043a shield (i.e., the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
“Behold”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“O God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“and look”
H5027to scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
“upon the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of thine anointed”
H4899anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the messiah
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