Psalms 28:9 — Meaning and Application

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“Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. {feed: or, rule}”

Psalms 28:9

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The LORD {is} my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

The LORD {is} their strength, and he {is} the saving strength of his anointed. {their: or, his} {saving...: Heb. strength of salvations}

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. {feed: or, rule}

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Psalms 28:1

"[{A Psalm} of David.] Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, {if} thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. {to me: Heb. from me}"

Psalms 28:2

"Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. {thy...: or, the oracle of thy sanctuary}"

Psalms 28:3

"Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief {is} in their hearts."

Psalms 28:4

"Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert."

Psalms 28:5

"Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up."

Psalms 28:6

"Blessed {be} the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications."

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