English Standard Version
Psalms 115:9
9O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
Psalms 115:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
- New International Version (NIV)All you Israelites, trust in the Lord— he is their help and shield.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.
- New Living Translation (NLT)O Israel, trust the Lord! He is your helper and your shield.
Context of Psalms 115:9
7They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat. 8Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them. O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield. 10O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield. 11You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
Read all of Psalms 115Psalms 115:9 word by word
יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל בְּטַ֣ח בַּיהוָ֑ה עֶזְרָ֖ם וּמָגִנָּ֣ם הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 115:9
- Psalms 118:2Let Israel say, "His steadfast love endures forever."
- Psalms 135:19O house of Israel, bless the Lord! O house of Aaron, bless the Lord!
- Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;
- Psalms 62:8Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
- Psalms 130:7O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
- Psalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,
- Jeremiah 17:17Be not a terror to me; you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
- Ephesians 1:12so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
- Psalms 33:20Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.
- Psalms 84:11For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
- Deuteronomy 33:29Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs."
- Proverbs 30:5Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Commentaries on Psalms 115:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9O Israel - The body of the Jewish people.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9O Israel, trust thou in the Lord - This exhortation is founded in a great measure on what had been just said in regard to idols. They had no power. There was no reason why they should be confided in. They could not help in the day of trouble; and as people need a god, and as the idols cannot be to them as gods, the exhortation is addressed to his people to trust him. He would be to them all that was implied in the name God; all that was wanted in a God…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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