Psalms 84:8,9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O Lord God of hosts Who canst easily remove and subdue those enemies who banish and keep me from the place of thy worship; hear my prayer In restoring me to thy house and service; which is my chief desire, Psalms 84:2-3. Behold, O God our shield Look graciously upon me, O thou that takest thy people under thy peculiar protection, pursuant to thy covenant with Abraham our father, and who hast hitherto been our defence against the most powerful enemies; and look upon the face of thine anointed Upon me, who, though a vile sinner, am thine anointed king. Or, by God's anointed, he may mean Christ, whose proper name is the Messiah, or, the anointed One. So the sense may be, Lord, I deserve not one kind look from thee, because, by my great wickedness, I have procured thy just displeasure and this banishment; but look upon thy Christ, whose coming and meritorious passion, though future to us, are present to thee, and for his sake look upon me.