Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. New Living Translation The LORD is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving. English Standard Version The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him. New American Standard Bible The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart triumphs, And with my song I shall thank Him. NASB 1995 The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him. NASB 1977 The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him. Amplified Bible The LORD is my strength and my [impenetrable] shield; My heart trusts [with unwavering confidence] in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I shall thank Him and praise Him. Christian Standard Bible The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart celebrates, and I give thanks to him with my song. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I praise Him with my song. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English LORD JEHOVAH is my helper and my protector, for my heart is confident in him and my flesh flourishes, and with glory I shall praise him. Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to him. Contemporary English Version You are my strong shield, and I trust you completely. You have helped me, and I will celebrate and thank you in song. Douay-Rheims Bible The Lord is my helper and my protector: in him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath flourished again, and with my will I will give praise to him. English Revised Version The LORD 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 praise him. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart trusted him, so I received help. My heart is triumphant; I give thanks to him with my song. Good News Translation The LORD protects and defends me; I trust in him. He gives me help and makes me glad; I praise him with joyful songs. International Standard Version The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I received help. My heart rejoices, and I give thanks to him with my song. JPS Tanakh 1917 The LORD is my strength and my shield, In Him hath my heart trusted, And I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, And with my song will I praise Him. Literal Standard Version YHWH [is] my strength, and my shield, | In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exults, | And I thank Him with my song. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible The LORD is my strength and my shield, in whom my heart trusts. I am helped, so my heart rejoices; with my song I praise him. NET Bible The LORD strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude. New Revised Standard Version The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him. New Heart English Bible The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him. Young's Literal Translation Jehovah is my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD is My Strength…6Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy. 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.… Cross References Psalm 3:3 But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head. Psalm 13:5 But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation. Psalm 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely. 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 26:1 Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. Psalm 33:21 For our hearts rejoice in Him, since we trust in His holy name. Psalm 40:3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD. Treasury of Scripture The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him. strength Psalm 28:8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. Psalm 18:1,2 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength… Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. shield Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Psalm 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. heart Psalm 13:5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. Psalm 22:4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. Psalm 56:3,4 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee… therefore Psalm 16:9-11 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope… Psalm 21:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Psalm 30:11,12 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; … with Psalm 96:1-3 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth… Exodus 15:1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, Jump to Previous Breastplate Cause Confided Exulteth Exults Faith Full Greatly Heart Helped Joy Leaps Praise Rapture Rejoices Rejoiceth Shield Song Strength Thank Thanks Trusted TrustsJump to Next Breastplate Cause Confided Exulteth Exults Faith Full Greatly Heart Helped Joy Leaps Praise Rapture Rejoices Rejoiceth Shield Song Strength Thank Thanks Trusted TrustsPsalm 28 1. David prays earnestly against his enemies6. and for the people (7) Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth.--Better, danceth for joy, as in the Prayer Book. Another possible translation is, "And when I have been helped my heart will dance for joy." With my song.--Literally, from my song, but the reading is doubtful. The LXX. have "my flesh has flourished," which is probably correct. Verse 7. - The Lord is my Strength and my Shield (see Psalm 18:1, 2; Psalm 119:114). My heart trusted in him, and I am helped. As far as feeling goes, David is already "helped." He feels himself delivered out of his peril. Therefore, he says, my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song - literally, out of my song, which is explained to mean "out of my store of song" - will I praise him. He is ready to offer thanksgiving for a mercy not yet received.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֤ה ׀ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel is my strength עֻזִּ֥י (‘uz·zî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5797: Strength, might and my shield; וּמָגִנִּי֮ (ū·mā·ḡin·nî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 4043: A shield, a protector, the scaly hide of the crocodile my heart לִבִּ֗י (lib·bî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre trusts in Him, בָטַ֥ח (ḇā·ṭaḥ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure and I am helped. וְֽנֶ֫עֱזָ֥רְתִּי (wə·ne·‘ĕ·zā·rə·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5826: To surround, protect, aid Therefore my heart לִבִּ֑י (lib·bî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre rejoices, וַיַּעֲלֹ֥ז (way·ya·‘ă·lōz) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5937: To jump for, joy, exult and I will thank Him אֲהוֹדֶֽנּוּ׃ (’ă·hō·w·ḏen·nū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 3034: To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan with my song. וּֽמִשִּׁירִ֥י (ū·miš·šî·rî) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 7892: A song, singing Links Psalm 28:7 NIVPsalm 28:7 NLT Psalm 28:7 ESV Psalm 28:7 NASB Psalm 28:7 KJV Psalm 28:7 BibleApps.com Psalm 28:7 Biblia Paralela Psalm 28:7 Chinese Bible Psalm 28:7 French Bible Psalm 28:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 28:7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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