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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.
Psalms 84:11 · New Living Translation
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.
  • BSB 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.
  • 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.

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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 34:9–10Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.
  • Prov 2:7He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;
  • Matt 6:33But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
  • Phil 4:19My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
  • Ps 85:12Yes, Yahweh will give that which is good. Our land will yield its increase.
  • Prov 10:9He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
  • Ps 3:3But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
  • John 8:12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  • Rev 21:23The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
  • Gen 15:1After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
  • Isa 60:19–20The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
  • Mal 4:2But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
  • Ps 27:1By David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
  • Prov 28:18Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
  • Phil 1:6being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
  • Ps 15:2He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart;
  • John 1:16From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
  • Prov 28:6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
  • Ps 119:114You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
  • 2 Cor 4:17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
  • Rom 8:16–18The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;
  • Mic 2:7Shall it be said, O house of Jacob: “Is Yahweh’s Spirit angry? Are these his doings? Don’t my words do good to him who walks blamelessly?”
  • Ps 84:9Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.
  • 2 Cor 3:18But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
  • John 1:9The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
  • Gal 2:14But when I saw that they didn’t walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?
  • Ps 115:9–11Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.
  • Ps 47:9The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted!

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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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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