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〈 Psalm 84:9 〉
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. (Psalm 84:9)
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Thine anointed.
 See 1 Sam. 16:1; 2 Sam. 22:51; Ps. 89:20. David prays that God may look with favor upon him (see Ps. 119:132). There is great delicacy in the shift to the third person in this verse.
Shield.
As demonstrated by the Ugaritic (see p. 618), magen may be a verb, meaning “to implore.” The phrase can then be translated, “We implore, look, O God.”