All you who fear the Lord, trust the Lord! He is your helper and your shield.
Parallel translations
- WEB You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
- KJV Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
- BSB You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
- NKJV You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.
- NASB You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.
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Quick answer
All who fear Yahweh are called to trust him as their help and shield. It matters because reverent faith, not lineage, defines God's people.
Overview
The call broadens beyond Israel and Aaron to all who fear the Lord, likely including God-fearing Gentiles. The triple summons shows that trust is the universal response God seeks. This widening foreshadows the gospel's reach to all nations who fear God and take refuge in him through Christ, their help and shield.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Prov 14:26In the fear of Yahweh is a secure fortress, and he will be a refuge for his children.
- Acts 10:35but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
- Ps 147:11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
- Ps 103:11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
- Rev 19:5A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
- Prov 30:5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
- Ps 22:23You who fear Yahweh, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, glorify him! Stand in awe of him, all you descendants of Israel!
- Ps 33:18Behold, Yahweh’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;
- Ps 118:4Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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