Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
Parallel translations
- WEB Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.
- KJV Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
- NKJV O God, behold our shield, And look upon the face of Your anointed.
- NASB See our shield, God, And look at the face of Your anointed.
- NLT O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield! Show favor to the one you have anointed.
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Quick answer
The psalmist asks God, his shield, to look with favor on His anointed. He prays for God's blessing on the king as God's chosen one.
Overview
Calling God his shield, the psalmist intercedes for the anointed king, on whom the welfare of God's people depended. The 'anointed' (messiah) points beyond any earthly king to Christ, God's ultimate Anointed One. Through Him, God looks with favor on all His people who are found in the Anointed.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ps 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
- 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.”
- Ps 89:20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
- Ps 84:11For 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.
- Ps 98:1A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.
- Ps 132:17There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
- Ps 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
- Acts 4:27In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
- Ps 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
- 1 Sam 16:6When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
- Deut 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
- 2 Sam 23:1These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
- 1 Sam 2:10Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
- Ps 59:11Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
- 2 Chr 6:42O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
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