The shield of thy salvation; thy safeguard and protection, which hath been to me like a shield to defend me.
Holden me up; kept me from falling into those snares and mischiefs which mine enemies designed, and I feared.
Thy gentleness, or
meekness, as this word signifies, Num_12:3Psa_10:17 45:4 Zep_2:3, i.e. thy clemency, whereby thou hast pardoned my sins, which might otherwise have undone me, and mitigated thy corrections which I have deserved; thy grace and benignity, which thou hast freely showed to me and for me.