King James Version

Psalms 115:9

O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.

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יִ֭שְׂרָאֵלyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.בְּטַ֣חbetachbe boldבָּטַחverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be bold”, a commandH982figuratively, to trust, be confident or surebe bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.בַּיהוָ֑הbayhvahin Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).עֶזְרָ֖םezramhelpעֵזֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “help”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5828aidhelp.וּמָגִנָּ֣םumaginamand bucklerמָגֵןconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and buckler”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4043a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile[idiom] armed, buckler, defence, ruler, [phrase] scale, shield.הֽוּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

O Israel, trust thou in the LORD! He is their help and their shield!

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American Standard Version (1901)

O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.

Young’s Literal Translation

O Israel, trust in Jehovah, 'Their help and their shield [is] He.'

World English Bible

Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield.

Darby Translation

O Israel, confide thou in Jehovah: he is their help and their shield.

Douay-Rheims

I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

O Israel, trust thou in the LORD! He is their help and their shield!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The house of Israel trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ ἔλπισεν ἐπὶ Κύριον, βοηθὸς καὶ ὑπερασπιστὴς αὐτῶν ἐστιν.