Psalm 84:11 {83:12}
Good News Translation
The LORD is our protector and glorious king, blessing us with kindness and honor. He does not refuse any good thing to those who do what is right.

New Revised Standard Version
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the LORD withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Contemporary English Version
Our LORD and our God, you are like the sun and also like a shield. You treat us with kindness and with honor, never denying any good thing to those who live right.

New American Bible
For a sun and shield is the LORD God, bestowing all grace and glory. The LORD withholds no good thing from those who walk without reproach.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.

a sun

Psalm 27:1 The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

Isaiah 60:19,20 Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy glory. . . .

Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.

John 1:9 That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world.

John 8:12 Again therefore, Jesus spoke to: them, saying: I am the light of the world. He that followeth me walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Revelation 21:23 And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it. For the glory of God hath enlightened it: and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.

shield

Psalm 84:9 Behold, O God our protector: and look on the face of thy Christ.

Psalm 3:3 But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

Psalm 47:9 The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham: for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted.

Psalm 115:9-11 The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector. . . .

Psalm 119:114 Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.

Genesis 15:1 Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great.

Proverbs 2:7 Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.

the Lord

John 1:16 And of his fulness we all have received: and grace for grace.

Romans 8:16-18 For the Spirit himself giveth testimony to our spirit that we are the sons of God. . . .

2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, beholding the glory of the Lord with open face, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:17 For that which is at present momentary and light of our tribulation worketh for us above measure, exceedingly an eternal weight of glory.

Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing: that he who hath begun a good work in you will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus.

no

Psalm 34:9,10 Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. . . .

Psalm 85:12 For the Lord will give goodness: and our earth shall yield her fruit.

Matthew 6:33 Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Philippians 4:19 And may my God supply all your want, according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

walk

Psalm 15:2 He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice:

Proverbs 2:7 Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.

Proverbs 10:9 He that winketh with the eye, shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten.

Proverbs 28:6,18 Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways. . . .

Micah 2:7 Speak ye not, saying: It shall not drop upon these, confusion shall not take them.

Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly unto the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all: If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the Gentiles and not as the Jews do, how dost thou compel the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

Context
Better is One Day in Your Courts
10For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners. 11For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.12He will not deprive of good things them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.…
Cross References
Matthew 7:11
If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?

Revelation 21:23
And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it. For the glory of God hath enlightened it: and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.

Genesis 15:1
Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great.

Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my deliverer. My God is my helper, and in him will I put my trust. My protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.

Psalm 34:9
Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

Psalm 34:10
The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good.

Psalm 85:9
Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him : that glory may dwell in our land.

Psalm 85:12
For the Lord will give goodness: and our earth shall yield her fruit.

Proverbs 2:7
Keeping the paths of justice, and guarding the ways of saints.

Proverbs 30:5
Every word of God is fire tried: he is a buckler to them that hope in him.

Isaiah 60:19
Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy glory.

Isaiah 60:20
Thy sun shall go down no more, and thy moon shall not decrease: for the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

Micah 2:7
Speak ye not, saying: It shall not drop upon these, confusion shall not take them.

Zechariah 4:7
Who art thou, O great mountain, before Zorobabel? thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring out the chief stone, and shall give equal grace to the grace thereof.

Malachi 4:2
But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.

Psalm 84:10
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