New Living Translation
Psalms 115:9
9O Israel, trust the Lord! He is your helper and your 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.
Context of Psalms 115:9
7They have hands but cannot feel, and feet but cannot walk, and throats but cannot make a sound. 8And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them. O Israel, trust the Lord! He is your helper and your shield. 10O priests, descendants of Aaron, trust the Lord! He is your helper and your shield. 11All you who fear the Lord, trust the Lord! He is your helper and your shield.
Read all of Psalms 115Psalms 115:9 word by word
יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל בְּטַ֣ח בַּיהוָ֑ה עֶזְרָ֖ם וּמָגִנָּ֣ם הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 115:9
- Psalms 118:2Let all Israel repeat: “His faithful love endures forever.”
- Psalms 135:19O Israel, praise the Lord! O priests—descendants of Aaron—praise the Lord!
- Exodus 19:5Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.
- Psalms 62:8O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. Interlude
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the Lord are as secure as Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever.
- Psalms 130:7O Israel, hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is unfailing love. His redemption overflows.
- Psalms 146:5But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.
- Jeremiah 17:17Lord, don’t terrorize me! You alone are my hope in the day of disaster.
- Ephesians 1:12God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God.
- Psalms 33:20We put our hope in the Lord. He is our help and our shield.
- Psalms 84:11For 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.
- Deuteronomy 33:29How blessed you are, O Israel! Who else is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your protecting shield and your triumphant sword! Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will stomp on their backs!”
- Proverbs 30:5Every word of God proves true. He is a shield to all who come to him for protection.
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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