Forכִּיa sunשֶׁמֶשׁand shieldוּמָגֵןis YHWHיְהוָהElohim;אֱלֹהִיםfavorחֵןand gloryוְכָבוֹדYHWHיְהוָהwill give;יִתֵּןhe will notלֹאwithholdיִמְנַעgoodטוֹבfrom those who walkלַהֹלְכִיםblamelessly.בְּתָמִים
Psalms 84:11
Study it in the app“For a sun and shield is YHWH Elohim; favor and glory YHWH will give; he will not withhold good from those who walk blamelessly.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 84:11, word by word
- a sunשֶׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- and shieldמָגֵןmagen
protector
One who protects: YHWH, "my shield".
Where else “magen” appears- is YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- and gloryכָבוֹדchavod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “chavod” appears- will giveיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- withholdיִמְנַעyimna
withhold
Withhold, refuse, hold back.
Where else “yimna” appears- goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- from those who walkהֹלְכִיםholchim
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “holchim” appears- blamelesslyתָמִיםtamim
blameless
Without reproach, whole, like Noah.
Where else “tamim” appears
The context
10For better is a day in your courts than a thousand; I have chosen to stand at the threshold of the house of my Elohim rather than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 · This verse (above)
12YHWH Tsevaot, happy is the man who trusts in you!