The Meaning of Psalms 84:11 Explained

Psalms 84:11

KJV: For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

YLT: For a sun and a shield is Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.

Darby: For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

ASV: For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For the LORD  God  [is] a sun  and shield:  the LORD  will give  grace  and glory:  no good  [thing] will he withhold  from them that walk  uprightly. 

What does Psalms 84:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 84:1-12 - Longing For The House Of God
This is one of the sweetest of the Psalms. David probably composed it during his absence from Jerusalem at the time of Absalom's rebellion, though its final form may have been due to the sons of Korah. It is divided into three parts by the Selahs.
They who dwell in thy house, Psalms 84:1-4. The psalmist envies the winged things that rest in those hallowed precincts, and how much more the priests and Levites who serve there! Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but man can rest only in God.
Those in whose hearts are the ways of Zion, Psalms 84:5-8. We may not be able actually to walk along those ways, but it is good to tread them in living sympathy with the saints, and to unite ourselves to the pilgrim hosts. Those absent from God's house may in their heart join the great congregation. Thus dry and desolate valleys may become filled with water springs, making them green and beautiful. When the heart is right with God, the desert becomes a temple, and tears are exchanged for smiles.
The man who trusts in thee, Psalms 84:9-12. God is better than His sanctuary. He is a Sun in dark hours, and a Shadow in scorching ones. Grace is His unmerited pardon and blessing to sinners; glory the irradiation of His character, into the likeness of which we shall be changed. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 84

1  The prophet, longing for the communion of the sanctuary
4  Shows how blessed they are that dwell therein
8  He prays to be restored unto it

What do the individual words in Psalms 84:11 mean?

For a sun and shield Yahweh God [is] grace and glory will give Yahweh No will He withhold good [thing] from those who walk uprightly
כִּ֤י שֶׁ֨מֶשׁ ׀ וּמָגֵן֮ יְהוָ֪ה אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים חֵ֣ן וְ֭כָבוֹד יִתֵּ֣ן יְהוָ֑ה לֹ֥א יִמְנַע־ ט֝֗וֹב לַֽהֹלְכִ֥ים בְּתָמִֽים

שֶׁ֨מֶשׁ ׀  a  sun 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: שֶׁמֶשׁ  
Sense: sun.
וּמָגֵן֮  and  shield 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular
Root: מָגֵן 
Sense: shield, buckler.
יְהוָ֪ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים  God  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
חֵ֣ן  grace 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֵן  
Sense: favour, grace, charm.
וְ֭כָבוֹד  and  glory 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כָּבֹוד  
Sense: glory, honour, glorious, abundance.
יִתֵּ֣ן  will  give 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
לֹ֥א  No 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יִמְנַע־  will  He  withhold 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָנַע  
Sense: to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder.
ט֝֗וֹב  good  [thing] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
לַֽהֹלְכִ֥ים  from  those  who  walk 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
בְּתָמִֽים  uprightly 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: תָּמִים  
Sense: complete, whole, entire, sound.