This verse is like verse 3, except that it has the title God of hosts (see verse 4) instead of God. This enlarging of the title represents the first intensification added to verse 4. Verse 19 will add further intensification.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Reyburn, William D. A Handbook on the Book of Psalms. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1991. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .