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11 The Lord is our protector and glorious king,
    blessing us with kindness and honor.
He does not refuse any good thing
    to those who do what is right.

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11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield.(A)
The Lord gives grace and glory;
He does not withhold the good
from those who live with integrity.(B)

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11 For the Lord God is our sovereign protector.[a]
The Lord bestows favor[b] and honor;
he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:11 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.
  2. Psalm 84:11 tn Or “grace.”
  3. Psalm 84:11 tn Heb “he does not withhold good to those walking in integrity.”

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)a sun and (B)shield;
    the Lord bestows favor and honor.
(C)No good thing does he withhold
    from those who (D)walk uprightly.

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