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Psalms 115:11
11Everyone who serves the Lord, trust in the Lord. He is the one who helps you and keeps you safe.
Psalms 115:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
- New International Version (NIV)You who fear him, trust in the Lord— he is their help and shield.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.
Context of Psalms 115:11
9People of Israel, trust in the Lord. He is the one who helps you and keeps you safe. 10Aaron's family, trust in the Lord. He is the one who helps you and keeps you safe. Everyone who serves the Lord, trust in the Lord. He is the one who helps you and keeps you safe. 12The Lord will remember us, and he will bless us. He will bless Israel's people. He will bless Aaron's family. 13He will bless everybody who serves him, whether they are important people or not.
Read all of Psalms 115Psalms 115:11 word by word
יִרְאֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה בִּטְח֣וּ בַיהוָ֑ה עֶזְרָ֖ם וּמָגִנָּ֣ם הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 115:11
- Psalms 33:18Remember, the Lord takes care of people who respect him. Those people trust him for his faithful love.
- Psalms 118:4Everyone who serves the Lord must now say, ‘His faithful love will always be with us.’
- Psalms 147:11Who does make the Lord happy? People who respect him and serve him well. People who trust him because they know he loves them.
- Proverbs 14:26Someone who respects and obeys the Lord knows that he will be safe. His family also will be in a safe place.
- Proverbs 30:5Everything that God says is completely true. If you trust him, he will protect you like a soldier's shield.
- Acts 10:35God accepts all people who worship him and who do the right things. It is not important to God which nation a person belongs to.
- Revelation 19:5Then a voice spoke from the throne. It said, ‘All of you who are God's servants, praise our God! All of you who respect God's power, worship him! Important people and ordinary people should worship him!’
Commentaries on Psalms 115:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Ye that fear the Lord - All real penitents, and sincere believers, trust to the Lord, in the almighty, omniscient, and infinitely good Jehovah. He is their help and shield - He is the succor, support, guardian, and defense of all who put their confidence in him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Ye that fear the Lord - All the people that reverence God; all his true worshippers.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 It is folly to trust in dead images, but it is wisdom to trust in the living God, for he is a help and a shield to those that trust in him. Wherever there is right fear of God, there may be cheerful faith in him; those who reverence his word, may rely upon it. He is ever found faithful. The greatest need his blessing, and it shall not be denied to the meanest that fear him. God's blessing gives an increase, especially in spiritual blessings…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11Israel … O house of Aaron … You who fear the LORD: The psalmist urges everyone in the God-fearing community to trust in the living God. This threefold address assures them that the Lord is their true helper and shield (compare Psalm 118:2–4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-139-13. The repetitions imply earnestness.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 115
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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