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Psalms 28:7

in Psalms 28

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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.

KJV

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.

This verse in Psalms 28

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

Here is David's declaration and confession of faith, coupled with a testimony from his experience. The Lord is my strength. The Lord employs his power on our behalf, and moreover, infuses strength into us in our weakness. The psalmist, by an act of appropriating faith, takes the omnipotence of Jehovah to be his own. Dependence upon the invisible God gives great independence of spirit, inspiring us with confidence more than human. And my shield. Thus David found both sword and shield in his God.

This site's exposition

Blessed be the LORD

on Psalms 28:6-7

The psalm turns to praise: the LORD has heard the cry for mercy. Shield is a soldier's word, and the strength beside it is what holds him up. His heart trusts, he is helped, and the song follows.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(1.) He had the pleasure of it: Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. The joy of a believer is seated in the heart, while, in the laughter of the fool, the heart is sorrowful. It is great joy, joy unspeakable and full of glory.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • יְהוָ֤ה׀Yahweh

    yahwehH30686520 times

  • עֻזִּ֥י[is] strength my

    ʾuziH579792 times

  • וּמָגִנִּי֮and shield my

    umaginiH404363 times

  • בּ֤וֹin him

    bo

  • בָטַ֥חit has trusted

    vatachH982120 times

  • לִבִּ֗יheart my

    libiH3820595 times

  • וְֽנֶ֫עֱזָ֥רְתִּיand I was helped

    veneezaretiH582681 times

  • וַיַּעֲלֹ֥זand it exulted

    vaiyaalozH593716 times

  • לִבִּ֑יheart my

    libiH3820595 times

  • וּֽמִשִּׁירִ֥יand from song my

    umishiriH789259 times

  • אֲהוֹדֶֽנּוּ׃I will give thanks to him

    ʾahodenuH3034114 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ephesians 6:10

    Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

    it leads to

    • Philippians 4:13

      I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

    • Isaiah 40:31

      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.

    • Joshua 1:9

      Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

    • 1 Corinthians 16:13

      Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

    • 1 Peter 5:10

      And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…

  • Through

    Isaiah 61:10

    I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom…

    it leads to

    • Revelation 19:7–8

      Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.

    • Philippians 3:9

      and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

    • Psalms 132:9

      May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.

About Psalms

Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 2; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.