But You, O Lord, are a shield for me,
My glory [and my honor], and the One who lifts my head.

For You, O Lord, bless the righteous man [the one who is in right standing with You];
You surround him with favor as with a shield.

My shield and my defense depend on God,
Who saves the upright in heart.

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me;
My God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge;
My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower—my stronghold.

As for God, His way is blameless.
The word of the Lord is tested [it is perfect, it is faultless];
He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation,
And Your right hand upholds and sustains me;
Your gentleness [Your gracious response when I pray] makes me great.

The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me],
I shall not want.

Who is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with submissive wonder]?
He will teach him [through His word] in the way he should choose.

Although my father and my mother have abandoned me,
Yet the Lord will take me up [adopt me as His child].

The Lord is my strength and my [impenetrable] shield;
My heart trusts [with unwavering confidence] in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I shall thank Him and praise Him.

O Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead);
You have kept me alive, so that I would not go down to the pit (grave).

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you.

We wait [expectantly] for the Lord;
He is our help and our shield.

Take hold of shield and buckler (small shield),
And stand up for my help.

Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works which You have done,
And Your thoughts toward us;
There is none to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of your wonders,
They would be too many to count.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change
And though the mountains be shaken and slip into the heart of the seas,

Why should I fear in the days of evil,
When the wickedness of those who would betray me surrounds me [on every side],

So that he should live on eternally,
That he should never see the pit (grave) and undergo decay.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods (heavenly beings)?
Do you judge fairly, O sons of men?

Let them be as a snail which melts away (secretes slime) as it goes along,
Like the miscarriage of a woman which never sees the sun.

Do not kill them, or my people will forget;
Scatter them and make them wander [endlessly] back and forth by Your power, and bring them down,
O Lord our shield!

There He broke the flaming arrows,
The shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah.

For He established a testimony (a specific precept) in Jacob
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers
That they should teach to their children [the great facts of God’s transactions with Israel],

Why should the [Gentile] nations say, “Where is their God?”
Let there be known [without delay] among the nations in our sight [and to this generation],
Your vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been poured out.

See our shield, O God,
And look at the face of Your anointed [the king as Your representative].

For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord bestows grace and favor and honor;
No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

For our shield belongs to the Lord,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.

He will cover you and completely protect you with His pinions,
And under His wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

He established the earth on its foundations,
So that it will not be moved forever and ever.

Why should the nations say,
“Where, now, is their God?”

O Israel, trust and take refuge in the Lord! [Be confident in Him, cling to Him, rely on His word!]
He is their help and their shield.

O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.

You who [reverently] fear the Lord, trust in Lord;
He is their help and their shield.

You have ordained Your precepts,
That we should follow them with [careful] diligence.

You are my hiding place and my shield;
I wait for Your word.

The Lord is your keeper;
The Lord is your shade on your right hand.

If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?

Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned child [resting] with his mother,
My soul is like a weaned child within me [composed and freed from discontent].

Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For I trust in You.
Teach me the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.

My [steadfast] lovingkindness and my fortress,
My high tower and my rescuer,
My shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues my people under me.