Psalms Chapter 35 verse 2 Holy Bible
Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help.
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Be a breastplate to me, and give me your help.
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Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help;
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Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.
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Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
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Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help.
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Take hold of shield and buckler, and rise for my help,
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Psalms 35 : 2 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - Take hold of shield and buckler. "The shield (magen) was a smaller hand-weapon; the buckler (tsinnah)covered the whole body" (Kay). The "shield and buckler" are put forward first, because it is primarily defence and protection that David needs. His adversaries are the aggressors; he is on the defensive; Saul is hunting him upon the mountains. And stand up for mine help (comp. Psalm 7:6). Standing is the natural posture of one who interposes to help another.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Shield and buckler.--Better, buckler and shield, as the first (Heb., magen) suggests a small, the latter (tsinnah) a large shield covering the whole body. Greek, ?????? (see Note, Psalm 5:12.) Notice that the poet, in the intensity of his purpose, overlooks the anomaly of arming a warrior with two shields at once. The bold flight of imagination that could picture the Divine Being as a warrior, a picture common in Hebrew poetry, but here more vividly realised than anywhere else except Isaiah 63:1, may well excuse such a lapse.