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For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
Psalms 84:11 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
  • KJV 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.
  • NKJV For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
  • NASB For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
  • NLT For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.

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Quick answer

The LORD God is a sun and shield who gives grace and glory and withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly. God is both our light and our protection, generously giving every good gift to His own.

Overview

God as sun gives life and light; as shield He defends. He freely bestows grace now and glory hereafter, withholding nothing good from those who walk uprightly in faith. This abundant goodness finds its fullest expression in the gospel, where God, who did not spare His own Son, graciously gives His people all things in Christ (Rom. 8:32).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 28

  • Ps 34:9–10Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
  • Prov 2:7He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,
  • Matt 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
  • Phil 4:19And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
  • Ps 85:12The LORD will indeed provide what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
  • Prov 10:9He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
  • Ps 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
  • John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  • Rev 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
  • Gen 15:1After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
  • Isa 60:19–20No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
  • Mal 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
  • Ps 27:1Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
  • Prov 28:18He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
  • Phil 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
  • Ps 15:2He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
  • John 1:16From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
  • Prov 28:6Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
  • Ps 119:114You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
  • 2 Cor 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
  • Rom 8:16–18The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
  • Mic 2:7Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
  • Ps 84:9Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
  • 2 Cor 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  • John 1:9The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
  • Gal 2:14When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
  • Ps 115:9–11O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
  • Ps 47:9The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.

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Christ at the center

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.

How Psalms 84:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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