Psalms 28:9

Psalms 28:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
• New International Version (NIV)Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Save Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever.

Context of Psalms 28:9

7The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him. 8The Lord is their strength, And He is a saving defense to His anointed. Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.

Psalms 28:9 word by word

הוֹשִׁ֤יעָה׀ אֶת־עַמֶּ֗ךָ וּבָרֵ֥ךְ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ וּֽרְעֵ֥ם וְ֝נַשְּׂאֵ֗ם עַד־הָעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• Your peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and blessבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• Your inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• shepherdרָעָהrâ‛âh · to pastureH7462
• carryנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• them foreverעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• them foreverעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Psalms 28:9

• Psalms 14:7Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores His captive people, Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.
• Psalms 25:22Redeem Israel, O God, Out of all his troubles.
• Psalms 80:14O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
• Jeremiah 31:7For thus says the Lord, “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise and say, ‘O Lord, save Your people, The remnant of Israel.’
• Deuteronomy 9:29Yet they are Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have brought out by Your great power and Your outstretched arm.’
• 2 Samuel 21:3Thus David said to the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? And how can I make atonement that you may bless the inheritance of the Lord?”
• 1 Kings 8:51(for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace),
• Jeremiah 10:16The portion of Jacob is not like these; For the Maker of all is He, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The Lord of hosts is His name.
• Ephesians 1:18I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
• Psalms 78:71From the care of the ewes with suckling lambs He brought him To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance.
• 2 Samuel 7:7Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’
• Isaiah 40:11Like a shepherd He will tend His flock, In His arm He will gather the lambs And carry them in His bosom; He will gently lead the nursing ewes.
• Ezekiel 34:23“Then I will set over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd.
• Micah 5:2But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.”
• Micah 7:14Shepherd Your people with Your scepter, The flock of Your possession Which dwells by itself in the woodland, In the midst of a fruitful field. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old.
• Matthew 2:6‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, Are by no means least among the leaders of Judah; For out of you shall come forth a Ruler Who will shepherd My people Israel.’”

Commentaries on Psalms 28:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Save thy people - Continue to preserve them from all their enemies; from idolatry, and from sin of every kind. Bless thine inheritance - They have taken thee for their God; thou hast taken them for thy people. Feed them - רעה raah signifies both to feed and to govern. Feed them, as a shepherd does his flock; rule them, as a father does his children. Lift them up for ever - Maintain thy true Church; let no enemy prevail against it. Preserve and magnify…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Save thy people - All thy people. The psalm appropriately closes with a prayer for all the people of God. The prayer is offered in view of the deliverance which the psalmist had himself experienced, and he prays that all the people of God might experience similar deliverance and mercy. And bless thine inheritance - Thy heritage; Thy people. The Hebrew word properly means “taking possession of anything; occupation.” Then it comes to mean “possession…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 Has God heard our supplications? Let us then bless his name. The Lord is my strength, to support me, and carry me on through all my services and sufferings. The heart that truly believes, shall in due time greatly rejoice: we are to expect joy and peace in believing. God shall have the praise of it: thus must we express our gratitude. The saints rejoice in others' comfort as well as their own: we have the less benefit from the light of the sun…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The poem closes with intercession for the Lord’s people. bless Your inheritance: See Psalms 29:11; 133:3.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. The special prayer for the people sustains this view. feed them--as a shepherd (Psa 23:1, &c.).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 28:9

• Blessing
• Church
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Commentaries on Psalms 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings