Psalms 84:11
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Study Note
Study Note
'For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.' The dual metaphor — sun (illumination, life-giving energy) and shield (protection) — covers both what believers need from God and what God supplies without limit. The promise 'no good thing will he withhold' is among the Psalter's boldest positive statements about divine provision, and Romans 8:32 ('he that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?') is its New Testament counterpart. The qualifier 'them that walk uprightly' grounds the promise in the covenantal relationship rather than suggesting merit-based access.
Other Translations
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.
For a sun and a shield <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.
The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
Cross References
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am …
But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; …
O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of …
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase.
O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.