Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one. New Living Translation The LORD gives his people strength. He is a safe fortress for his anointed king. English Standard Version The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed. Berean Standard Bible The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed. King James Bible The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. New King James Version The LORD is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of His anointed. New American Standard Bible The LORD is their strength, And He is a refuge of salvation to His anointed. NASB 1995 The LORD is their strength, And He is a saving defense to His anointed. NASB 1977 The LORD is their strength, And He is a saving defense to His anointed. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh is their strength, And He is a strong defense of salvation to His anointed. Amplified Bible The LORD is their [unyielding] strength, And He is the fortress of salvation to His anointed. Christian Standard Bible The LORD is the strength of his people; he is a stronghold of salvation for his anointed. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD is the strength of His people; He is a stronghold of salvation for His anointed. American Standard Version Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. Contemporary English Version You give strength to your people, LORD, and you save and protect your chosen ones. English Revised Version The LORD is their strength, and he is a strong hold of salvation to his anointed. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD is the strength of his people and a fortress for the victory of his Messiah. Good News Translation The LORD protects his people; he defends and saves his chosen king. International Standard Version The LORD is the strength of his people; he is a refuge of deliverance for his anointed. Majority Standard Bible The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed. NET Bible The LORD strengthens his people; he protects and delivers his chosen king. New Heart English Bible The LORD is the strength of his people. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. Webster's Bible Translation The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. World English Bible Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYHWH [is] strength to him, "" Indeed, the strength of the salvation of His anointed [is] He. Young's Literal Translation Jehovah is strength to him, Yea, the strength of the salvation of His anointed is He. Smith's Literal Translation Jehovah strength to them, and he the fortress of salvations of his Messiah. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe Lord is the strength of his people, and the protector of the salvation of his anointed. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible LORD, you are a strength for your people, the saving refuge of your anointed. New Revised Standard Version The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe LORD is the strength of his people, and he is the protector of the salvation of his anointed. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated LORD JEHOVAH is the power of his people, the protector and the Savior of his Anointed One. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The LORD is a strength unto them; And He is a stronghold of salvation to His anointed. Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD is My Strength…7The 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. 8The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed. 9Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.… Cross References Isaiah 12:2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.” Exodus 15:2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him. Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 46:1 For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. Psalm 118:14 The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. Isaiah 45:24 Surely they will say of Me, ‘In the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.’” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame. 2 Samuel 22:33 God is my strong fortress, and He makes my way clear. Habakkuk 3:19 GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. Isaiah 40:29-31 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. / Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. / But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint. Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all. Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 1 Peter 1:5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 2 Timothy 4:17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion. Treasury of Scripture The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. their. Psalm 2:2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Psalm 20:6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. 1 Samuel 16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. Jump to Previous Anointed Defense Fortress Refuge Salvation Saving Strength Strong StrongholdJump to Next Anointed Defense Fortress Refuge Salvation Saving Strength Strong StrongholdPsalm 28 1. David prays earnestly against his enemies6. and for the people The LORD The term "LORD" in this verse is translated from the Hebrew "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature. This name is deeply rooted in the history of Israel, signifying God's unchanging faithfulness and His personal relationship with His people. In the context of Psalm 28, it underscores the personal and communal trust in God as the ultimate authority and protector. is the strength of His people a stronghold of salvation for His anointed Saving strength.--Better, stronghold of salvation. (See margin.) Verse 8. - The Lord is their Strength; i.e. the Strength, not of himself alone, but of the whole people. The deliverance will be as much for their sake as for his. And he is the saving strength of his anointed - literally, and a Stronghold of salvation to his anointed is HE. The welfare of David and that of the people are bound up together. God strengthens him for their sakes, that he may guide them aright and fight their battles, and give them dominion over their enemies. It was with this object that he chose him out of all Israel, and took him from the sheepfolds, and had him anointed king - that he might "feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance" (Psalm 78:71).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel is the strength of His people, עֹֽז־ (‘ōz-) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5797: Strength, might a stronghold וּמָ֘ע֤וֹז (ū·mā·‘ō·wz) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4581: A place or means of safety, protection of salvation יְשׁוּע֖וֹת (yə·šū·‘ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 3444: Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity for His anointed. מְשִׁיח֣וֹ (mə·šî·ḥōw) Adjective - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4899: Anointed, a consecrated person, the Messiah Links Psalm 28:8 NIVPsalm 28:8 NLT Psalm 28:8 ESV Psalm 28:8 NASB Psalm 28:8 KJV Psalm 28:8 BibleApps.com Psalm 28:8 Biblia Paralela Psalm 28:8 Chinese Bible Psalm 28:8 French Bible Psalm 28:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 28:8 Yahweh is their strength (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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