Psalms 28:7

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
strength	עֻזִּ֥י 'u.Zi	H5797	strength in various applications (force · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
shield	וּמָגִנִּי֮ u.ma.gi.Ni	H4043	a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler) · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 1st person masculine singular
heart	לִבִּ֗י li.Bi	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
trusted	בָטַ֥ח va.Tach	H982	figuratively · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
helped	וְֽנֶ֫עֱזָ֥רְתִּי ve.Ne.'e.Za.re.ti	H5826	to surround · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
heart	לִבִּ֑י li.Bi	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
rejoiceth	וַיַּעֲלֹ֥ז vai.ya.'a.Loz	H5937	to jump for joy · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
song	וּֽמִשִּׁירִ֥י u.mi.shi.Ri	H7892	a song · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
praise	אֲהוֹדֶֽנּוּ 'a.ho.De.nu	H3034	physically · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 30:11-12 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Psalms 56:3-4 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covere…
Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvatio…
Psalms 40:3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Psalms 13:5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms 28:8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 28:6–end

In these verses, I. David gives God thanks for the audience of his prayers as affectionately as a few verses before he had begged it: Blessed be the Lord, Psa 28:6. How soon are the saints' sorrows turned into songs and their prayers into praises! It was in faith that David prayed (Psa 28:2), Hear the voice of my supplications; and by the same faith he gives thanks (Psa 28:6) that God has heard the voice of his supplications. Note, 1. Those that pray in faith may rejoice in hope. "He hath heard me (graciously accepted me) and I am as sure of a real answer as if I had it already." 2. What we win by prayer we must wear by praise. Has God heard our supplications? Let us then bless his name. II.…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 28:7

The repetition of "heart" denotes his sincerity.

John Gill on Psalms 28:7

The Lord is my strength,.... That is, the author both of natural and spiritual strength; that gave him strength of body, and fortitude of mind, to bear up under all the exercises he was tried with; the strength of his life, spiritual and temporal, and of his salvation; the strength of his heart under present distresses, and who he knew would be so in the hour of death, when his heart and strength would fail; and my shield; to protect and defend him; as were the love, power, and faithfulness of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, his power and fulness, his blood, righteousness, and salvation; my heart trusted in him; in the Lord as his strength and shield; not in any creature, nor in his own st…

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John Calvin on Psalms 28:6-8

Psalm 28:6-8 6. Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplication. 7. Jehovah is my strength and my shield, my heart hath trusted in him, and I have been helped: therefore shall my heart rejoice, and with my song will I praise him. 8. Jehovah is their strength; and he is also the strength of the salvations [or deliverances] of his anointed. 6. Blessed be Jehovah, who hath heard. This is the second part of the psalm in which the prophet begins to give thanks to God. We have already seen how he employed himself in prayer in the midst of his dangers; and now by this thanksgiving he teaches us that his prayers were not in vain. Thus he confirms by his own example, that God is…

The Church Fathers

"The Lord My Helper and My Protector" [Psalm 28:7]. The Lord helping Me in so great sufferings, and protecting Me with immortality in My resurrection. "In Him has My Heart trusted, and I have been helped." "And My Flesh has flourished again:" that is, and My Flesh has risen again. "And of my will I will confess unto Him." Wherefore, the fear of death being now destroyed, not by the necessity of fear under the Law, but with a free will with the Law, shall they who believe in Me, confess unto Him; and because I am in them, I will confess.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 28

Take note of the expression he used. He does not say "flourished," but "flourished again," for nothing flourishes again unless it had flourished previously. The Lord's flesh flourished when he first came forth from the Virgin Mary's undefiled womb, just as Isaiah says: "A shoot will come forth from the root of Jesse, and a flower will come up from his root." It flourished again, when, after the flower of his body was cut down by the Jews, it sprouted forth from the tomb with the renewed glory of the resurrection. In the manner of a flower, it breathed forth at the same time a scent and the gleam of immortality on all people, circulating the scent of good works with its sweetness and demonstrating the incorruptibility of the eternal divinity with its gleam.
— Maximus of Turin, Sermon 55:2

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Shield — Used in defensive warfare, varying at different times and under different circumstances in size, form, and material (1 Sam. 17:7; 2 Sam. 1:21; 1 Kings 10:17; 1 Chr. 12:8, 24, 34; Isa. 22:6; Ezek.…
Joy · Of saints is: For divine support — Of saints is: For divine support
Praise · Is due to God on account of: Protection — Is due to God on account of: Protection
Testimony · RELIGIOUS, EXEMPLIFIED — RELIGIOUS, EXEMPLIFIED

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 28:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 28:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 28:7

John Gill on Psalms 28:7

John Calvin on Psalms 28:6-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 28:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 28:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 28:7

John Gill on Psalms 28:7

John Calvin on Psalms 28:6-8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 28:6–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 28:7

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 28:7