For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
How {Or, lovely}amiable are thy tabernacles,
O Jehovah of hosts!
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah;
My heart and my flesh {Or, sing for joy}cry out unto the living God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts,
My King, and my God.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:
They will be still praising thee.
[Selah
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee;
In whose heart are the highways to Zion.
Passing through the valley of {Or, balsam-trees Hebrew: Baca. See 2 Samuel 5:23}Weeping they make it a place of springs;
Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.
They go from strength to strength;
Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
O Jehovah God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob. [Selah
{Or, behold our shield, O God}Behold, O God our shield,
And look upon the face of thine anointed.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.
I had rather {Or, stand at the threshold of &c.}be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield:
Jehovah will give grace and glory;
No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
O Jehovah of hosts,
Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Querverweise zu Psalm 84,11 Ps 84,11
A Psalm of David.Jehovah is my light and my salvation;Whom shall I fear?Jehovah is the {Or, stronghold}strength of my life;Of whom shall I be afraid?
{Or, behold our shield, O God}Behold, O God our shield,And look upon the face of thine anointed.
For of his fulness we all received, and {Or, grace upon grace.}grace for grace.
Oh fear Jehovah, ye his saints;For there is no want to them that fear him.
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness,And speaketh truth in his heart;
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy {Or, beauty}glory.
But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me;My glory and the lifter up of my head.
The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:
and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger;But they that seek Jehovah shall not want any good thing.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; {Or, And a shield for &c.}He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
The princes of the peoples are gathered together {Or, Unto the people}To be the people of the God of Abraham;For the shields of the earth belong unto God:He is greatly exalted.
But we all, with unveiled face {Or, reflecting as a mirror}beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
Yea, Jehovah will give that which is good;And our land shall yield its increase.
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely;But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its {Or, beams}wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah:He is their help and their shield.
O house of Aaron, trust ye in Jehovah:He is their help and their shield.
Ye that fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah:He is their help and their shield.
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,Than he that is {Hebrew: perverse of two ways.}perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
{Or, the true light, which lighteth every man, was coming}There was the true light, even the light which lighteth {Or, every man as he cometh}every man, coming into the world.
Thou art my hiding-place and my shield:I hope in thy word.
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:
And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered;But {Or, he that walketh perversely in two ways}he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, {Or, thy reward shall be exceeding great}and thy exceeding great reward.
{Or, O thou that art named the house of Jacob}Shall it be said, O house of Jacob, Is the Spirit of Jehovah {Or, impatient Hebrew: shortened.}straitened? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, {Or, and the Lamb, the lamp thereof}and the lamp thereof is the Lamb.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; {Or, And a shield for &c.}He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the {See marginal note on chapter 1:6.}gospel, I said unto Cephas before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as do the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, how compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?