Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 35:2

"Take hold of shield and buckler, And stand up for my help." — Psalms 35:2 (ASV)

Shield and buckler. —Better, buckler and shield, as the first (Hebrew, magen) suggests a small shield, the latter (tsinnah) a large shield covering the whole body. Greek, θυρεός (see Note, Psalms 5:12). Notice that the poet, in the intensity of his purpose, overlooks the anomaly of arming a warrior with two shields at once. The bold flight of imagination that could picture the Divine Being as a warrior, a picture common in Hebrew poetry, but here more vividly realized than anywhere else except Isaiah 63:1, may well excuse such a lapse.