For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
For our shield belongeth unto Jehovah; And our king to the Holy One of Israel.
For our breastplate is the Lord; and our king is the Holy One of Israel's.
For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel.
For our shield belongeth unto the LORD; and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
For the Lord is our defense - Margin, "Our shield is of the Lord." The original word rendered "defense," is shield. Compare Psalm 5:12, note; Psalm 33:20, note; Psalm 59:11, note. The meaning is, that protection was to be found in God alone. The true construction of this verse is, "For to Yahweh (belongs) our shield, and to the Holy One of Israel our king." That is, All that they had, and all that they relied on as a defense, belonged to God, or was of God; in other words, their very protectors were themselves protected by Yahweh. They had no other defense; nothing else on which they could depend.