Mazmur 84:11
Konteks84:11 For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. 1
The Lord bestows favor 2 and honor;
he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity. 3
Mazmur 135:7
Konteks135:7 He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth,
makes lightning bolts accompany the rain,
and brings the wind out of his storehouses.
[84:11] 1 tn Heb “[is] a sun and a shield.” The epithet “sun,” though rarely used of Israel’s God in the OT, was a well-attested royal title in the ancient Near East. For several examples from Ugaritic texts, the Amarna letters, and Assyrian royal inscriptions, see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 131, n. 2.
[84:11] 3 tn Heb “he does not withhold good to those walking in integrity.”