Psalm 28:6-9

The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield

6 Blessed be the Lord!
For he has u heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
 7 The Lord is my strength and v my shield;
in him my heart w trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
and with my x song I give thanks to him.

8 The Lord is the strength of his people; 1
he is y the saving refuge of his anointed.
 9 Oh, save your people and bless z your heritage!
a Be their shepherd and b carry them forever.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 28:2
    Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 3:3
    But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 11:1
    In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee like a bird to your mountain.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 69:30
    I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 140:7
    O Lord, my Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.
    Psalms 20:6
    Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he will answer him from his holy heaven with the saving might of his right hand.
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:29
    For they are your people and your heritage, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.
    Deuteronomy 32:9
    But the Lord 's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 78:71 - 72
    From following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:11
    He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
    Isaiah 46:3
    Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb.
    Isaiah 63:9
    In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
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