Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
A Psalm. Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him,
for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!
But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”
O Lord God, do not turn away the face of your anointed one! Remember your steadfast love for David your servant.”
Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.”
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs.”
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