Revised Webster's Bible
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 trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. 8The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. Save thy people, and bless thy inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
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הוֹשִׁ֤יעָה׀ אֶת־עַמֶּ֗ךָ וּבָרֵ֥ךְ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ וּֽרְעֵ֥ם וְ֝נַשְּׂאֵ֗ם עַד־הָעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 28:9
- Psalms 14:7O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
- Psalms 25:22Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
- Psalms 80:14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
- Jeremiah 31:7For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: proclaim ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 9:29Yet they are thy people and thy inheritance, which thou hast brought out by thy mighty power and by thy outstretched arm.
- 2 Samuel 21:3Therefore David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and how shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?
- 1 Kings 8:51For they are thy people, and thy inheritance, which thou broughtest out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
- Jeremiah 10:16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things ; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
- Ephesians 1:18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
- Psalms 78:71From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
- 2 Samuel 7:7In all the places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel have I spoken a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why do ye not build me an house of cedar?
- Isaiah 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
- Ezekiel 34:23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
- Micah 5:2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou art little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
- Micah 7:14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, who dwell solitarily in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
- Matthew 2:6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule 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
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- 1. Psalms 28:9 feed: or, rule ↩
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
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