Psalms 3:3
But thou, O Lord, [art] a shield for me…
Or "about me" F1
protecting and defending me. David was a military man, and often
alludes to military affairs; and borrows words from thence, expressive
of his great security from the Lord; see (Psalms 18:2) . So Jehovah the
Father was a shield to Christ, in his infancy, from Herod's rage and
fury; and afterwards from the insults of the Pharisees, and their
attempts to take away his life before the time; and in his sufferings
and death, so as that his faith and confidence in him were kept up, and
he got the victory over sin, Satan, and the world; see (Psalms 22:9,10)
(Isaiah 50:7-9) . And the Lord is a shield unto all his people, (Genesis 15:1)
(Psalms 84:11) . They are kept by his power, and encompassed about with his
favour, as with a shield; his veracity and his faithfulness in his
promises, and his truth, are their shield and buckler: and especially
his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, is the shield which faith makes use of,
particularly his blood and righteousness, and salvation by him; which
it holds up, and defends itself with, against the charges of the law,
the accusations of conscience, and the temptations of Satan; and which
are a security from the justice of God, and wrath to come;
my glory;
who took David from the sheepfold, and made him king over
Israel, and raised him to all the glory he had enjoyed; and in whom he
gloried as his covenant God, and of whom he made his boast; and not of
his strength, valour, wisdom, riches, and honour. So God the Father is
the glory of Christ, the glorifier of him, by supporting him under his
sufferings, raising him from the dead, and setting him at his own right
hand, where he is crowned with glory and honour: he is the glory of his
people, in whom they glory, and by whom they are called to eternal
glory; and who will give it to them, and reveal it in them, even an
eternal weight of it, which the sufferings of this life are not worthy
to be compared unto;
and the lifter up mine head;
such as the helmet is: the Lord was lifter
up of David's head when he brought him to the throne, and afterwards
gave him victory over his enemies; for so the phrase of lifting up the
head signifies; see (2 Kings 25:27) (Psalms 27:6) . And he was the lifter up of
Christ's head when he raised him from the dead; and exalted him, both
with and at his right hand, to be a Prince and a Saviour, and gave him
a name above every name. And he is the lifter up of the heads of his
people in conversion, when he raises them from a low estate, and sets
them among princes to inherit the throne of glory; and when he gives
them comfort, peace, and joy, which causes them to lift up their heads;
whereas in sorrow, and mourning, and distress, the head is bowed down
like a bulrush, (Isaiah 58:5) ; and when he gives them boldness and
confidence, as at the throne of grace now, through the sprinkling of
the blood of Christ upon them; so at the bar of judgment hereafter,
through the righteousness of Christ put upon them, as that they shall
not be ashamed nor confounded; see (Luke 21:28) (1 John 2:28) ; and he will be
the lifter up of their heads in the resurrection morn, and when they
shall appear with Christ in glory.
FOOTNOTES:
F1 (ydeb) "circa me", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Muis, Ainsworth,
Cocceius, Michaelis.
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