But you have raised a banner for those who fear you— a rallying point in the face of attack. Interlude
Parallel translations
- WEB You have given a banner to those who fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
- KJV Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
- BSB You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. Selah
- NKJV You have given a banner to those who fear You, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
- NASB You have given a banner to those who fear You, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah
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Quick answer
Yet God has given those who fear him a banner to rally around for the sake of truth. It offers hope of God's continued purpose amid defeat.
Overview
Amid the distress, David sees a sign of grace: God has provided a banner, a rallying point, for his faithful people. The banner stands for truth and for God's cause, giving courage to regroup. The Selah invites reflection that even in discipline God does not abandon those who fear him.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 20:5We will triumph in your salvation. In the name of our God, we will set up our banners. May Yahweh grant all your requests.
- Exod 17:15Moses built an altar, and called its name Yahweh our Banner.
- Isa 11:12He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
- Isa 5:26He will lift up a banner to the nations from far, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.
- Song 2:4He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
- Isa 13:2Set up a banner on the bare mountain! Lift up your voice to them! Wave your hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
- Isa 59:14–15Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.
- Jer 5:1–3“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its wide places, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
- Isa 49:22Thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations, and lift up my banner to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
- Isa 59:19So shall they fear Yahweh’s name from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which Yahweh’s breath drives.
- Ps 45:4In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
- Ps 12:1–2For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David. Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
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