Psalms 28 · Verse 8

Psalms 28:8

The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
Psalms 28:8, King James Version

Psalms 28:8 in other translations

BSBThe LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
WEBThe LORD is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
ASVJehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
YLTJehovah is strength to him, Yea, the strength of the salvation of His anointed is He.
DARBYJehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one.
BBEThe Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king.
WebsterThe LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

What does Psalms 28:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
8. The distinction made between the people. their strength--and the anointed--may indicate Absalom's rebellion as the occasion.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 The Lord is their strength - Instead of למו lamo, to them, eight MSS. of Kennicott and De Rossi have לעמו leammo to his people; and this reading is confirmed by the Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Ethiopic, Arabic, and Anglo-Saxon. This makes the passage more precise and intelligible; and of the truth of the reading there can be no reasonable doubt. "The Lord is the strength of his People, and the saving strength of his anointed." Both king and people are protected, upheld, and saved by him.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 28:6-9

Has God heard our supplications? Let us then bless his name. The Lord is my strength, to support me, and carry me on through all my services and sufferings. The heart that truly believes, shall in due time greatly rejoice: we are to expect joy and peace in believing. God shall have the praise of it: thus must we express our gratitude. The saints rejoice in others' comfort as well as their own: we have the less…

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Psalms 28:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
עֹֽז\־'oz-[is] strengthH5797
לָ֑מוֹla.moof them
וּמָ֘ע֤וֹזu.Ma.'ozand [is] [the] refuge ofH4581
יְשׁוּע֖וֹתye.shu.'ot[the] salvation<s> ofH3444
מְשִׁיח֣וֹme.shi.Choanointed hisH4899
הֽוּא\׃Hu'heH1931

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 28:8

  • Psalms 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.

  • Psalms 140:7

    O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

  • Isaiah 61:1

    The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

  • 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.

  • Psalms 2:2

    The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
their. or, his. saving strength. Heb. strength ofsalvations. his.
2:2; 20:6; 1Sa 16:13; Isa 61:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Psalms 28:8

    The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

  • Psalms 28:9

    Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

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Psalms 28:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Jehová es su fuerza, y la fortaleza de las saludes de su ungido.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel est leur force, et il est le lieu fort des délivrances de son oint.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova ist ihre Stärke, und er ist die Rettungsfeste seines Gesalbten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		vox Domini concutientis desertum: et commovebit Dominus desertum Cades.