Psalms 28:9

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

8 The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
KJV
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
WEB
Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
ASV
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever. Psalm 29 A Psalm of David.
DARBY
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and feed them, and lift them up for ever.
BLB
May You save Your people and bless Your inheritance, and shepherd them and carry them, even to forever.
ÅB
Redd ditt folk og velsign arven din,
og fø dem og bær dem til evig tid!
[^1]: Det vil si: sitt folks.
OTB
Frels ditt folk og gi din arv nåde;
Led dem og støtt dem alltid.
B1930
Frels ditt folk og velsign din arv, og fø dem og bær dem til evig tid!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 40:11

    He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

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  • Psalms 78:71

    from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.

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  • Deuteronomy 9:29

    But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.”

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  • Isaiah 63:9

    In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

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  • Matthew 2:6

    ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”

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  • 1 Kings 8:51

    For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.

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  • Ephesians 1:18

    I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

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  • Micah 7:14

    Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

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