“Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.”
The prayer includes petition for the king: "Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed." The king (God's anointed) is presented as representative of the people; his welfare and God's favor toward him become vehicles for God's blessing on all. The shield imagery suggests protection.
Church Fathers on Psalms 84:9
1. This Psalm is entitled, “For the winepresses.” And, as you observed with me, my beloved (for I saw that you attended most closely), nothing is said in its text either of any press, or wine-basket, or vat, or of any of the instruments or the building of a winepress; nothing of this kind did we hear read; so that it is no easy question what is the meaning of this title inscribed upon it, “for the winepresses.” For certainly, if after the title it mentioned anything about…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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