John Gill Commentary Psalms 115:11

"Ye that fear Jehovah, trust in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield." — Psalms 115:11 (ASV)

You that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord
Which is said not to distinguish true saints from hypocrites, in Israel or in Aaron's house; rather, it describes those who belonged to neither, but, as Aben Ezra interprets it, who feared the Lord, from every people and nation; or proselytes, as Jarchi explains it. The distinction between the people of the Jews, and the proselytes among them, under the character of those that feared the Lord, may be observed in (Acts 13:26) .

It takes in all true worshippers of the Lord, who are exhorted to trust in him. For faith and fear are consistent; where there is the one, there is the other. Where there is the true fear of God—not a slavish nor an hypocritical fear, but a holy reverence and a godly fear—there will be faith and confidence in him. Job was a man that feared the Lord, and yet trusted in him; these characters meet in the same persons, see (Psalms 31:19) .

He is their help and their shield ;
the help and shield of all those that fear the Lord, their protector and defender, and therefore should trust in him. The word "ezer", translated help, in this and the two preceding verses, is applied to God, and often in this book of Psalms, as a title and epithet belonging to him; and it may be observed that "Aesar", in the Etruscan language, signifies God ^F26 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F26: Sueton. in Angust. c. 97.