I like Bibles. I have a lot of them. Even though I use mostly ebooks, apps and computer-based Scriptures these days, I still enjoy and appreciate a well-made Bible. One of the first passages I read and mark with a highlight pencil in a new Bible is often Psalm 84:11: "For the LORD God is a sun and shield;: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly." (KJV)

Since I first learned this verse as a young teen, it has encouraged me for more than 50 years. Though memorized so long ago, I mark that verse to be reminded of its vital truth as I turn the pages. I love the beauty of its poetic cadence. But more than that, I love the things God revealed about himself when he gave those words to David.