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O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield!
    Show favor to the one you have anointed.

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Look on our shield,[a](A) O God;
    look with favor on your anointed one.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:9 Or sovereign

The kings of the earth prepare for battle;
    the rulers plot together
against the Lord
    and against his anointed one.

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The kings(A) of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed,(B) saying,

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The Lord’s Covenant Promise to Abram

15 Some time later, the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great.”

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27 “In fact, this has happened here in this very city! For Herod Antipas, Pontius Pilate the governor, the Gentiles, and the people of Israel were all united against Jesus, your holy servant, whom you anointed.

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27 Indeed Herod(A) and Pontius Pilate(B) met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus,(C) whom you anointed.

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17 Here I will increase the power of David;
    my anointed one will be a light for my people.

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17 “Here I will make a horn[a] grow(A) for David
    and set up a lamp(B) for my anointed one.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 132:17 Horn here symbolizes strong one, that is, king.

Psalm 98

A psalm.

Sing a new song to the Lord,
    for he has done wonderful deeds.
His right hand has won a mighty victory;
    his holy arm has shown his saving power!

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Psalm 98

A psalm.

Sing to the Lord(A) a new song,(B)
    for he has done marvelous things;(C)
his right hand(D) and his holy arm(E)
    have worked salvation(F) for him.

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20 I have found my servant David.
    I have anointed him with my holy oil.

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20 I have found David(A) my servant;(B)
    with my sacred oil(C) I have anointed(D) him.

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11 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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11 For the Lord God is a sun(A) and shield;(B)
    the Lord bestows favor and honor;
no good thing does he withhold(C)
    from those whose walk is blameless.

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11 Don’t kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons;
    stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees,
    O Lord our shield.

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11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield,[a](A)
    or my people will forget.(B)
In your might uproot them
    and bring them down.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 59:11 Or sovereign

But you, O Lord, are a shield around me;
    you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.

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But you, Lord, are a shield(A) around me,
    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.(B)

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For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne
    in Jerusalem,[a] on my holy mountain.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6 Hebrew on Zion.

“I have installed my king(A)
    on Zion,(B) my holy mountain.(C)

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42 O Lord God, do not reject the king you have anointed.
    Remember your unfailing love for your servant David.”

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42 Lord God, do not reject your anointed one.(A)
    Remember the great love(B) promised to David your servant.”

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David’s Last Words

23 These are the last words of David:

“David, the son of Jesse, speaks—
    David, the man who was raised up so high,
David, the man anointed by the God of Jacob,
    David, the sweet psalmist of Israel.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 23:1 Or the favorite subject of the songs of Israel; or the favorite of the Strong One of Israel.

David’s Last Words

23 These are the last words of David:

“The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse,
    the utterance of the man exalted(A) by the Most High,
the man anointed(B) by the God of Jacob,
    the hero of Israel’s songs:

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