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Better Is One Day in Your Courts

Psalms 84:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Take notice of our shield, O God, and look with favor on the face of Your anointed.
KJV
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
WEB
Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.
ASV
Behold, O God our shield, And look upon the face of thine anointed.
LSV
Our shield, see, O God, || And behold the face of Your anointed,
YLT
Our shield, see, O God, And behold the face of Thine anointed,
DBY
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.Elohim
DRC83:10
Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.
GNV
Beholde, O God, our shielde, and looke vpon the face of thine Anointed.
JPS84:10
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed.
LXXE83:10
Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

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Original-language editions

WLC84:10
מָ֭גִנֵּנוּ רְאֵ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ֝הַבֵּ֗ט פְּנֵ֣י מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃KJV:Ps.84.9
LXX-Br83:10
Ὑπερασπιστὰ ἡμῶν ἴδε ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ χριστοῦ σοῦ.

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
  • Psalms 98:1Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.
  • Genesis 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.”
  • 1 Samuel 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.”
  • Psalms 89:20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
  • 1 Samuel 16:6When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
  • Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
  • 2 Chronicles 6:42O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
  • Deuteronomy 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.”
  • Psalms 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.
  • Psalms 59:11Do not kill them, or my people will forget. Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
  • Psalms 132:17There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
  • 2 Samuel 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:
  • Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
  • 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.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 84:10 in some Bibles
  • 84:9 in most Bibles

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