Psalms 115:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.”
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BSBPD
“O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“O Israel, trust in Jehovah, `Their help and their shield <FI>is<Fi> He.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 115:9 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
- Psalms 33:20Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
- Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- Psalms 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
- Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- Psalms 118:2Let Israel say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
- Psalms 118:4Let those who fear the LORD say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
- Psalms 130:7O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
- Psalms 135:19O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;
- Psalms 135:20O house of Levi, bless the LORD; you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!
- Psalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
- Proverbs 30:5Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.
- Jeremiah 10:15They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
- Jeremiah 17:17Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
- Ephesians 1:12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
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