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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 28:7 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB 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.
  • BSB 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.
  • NKJV 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.
  • NASB 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.
  • NLT 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.

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Quick answer

David declares the Lord his strength and shield, trusting Him with a rejoicing heart and thankful song. It expresses confident, grateful faith.

Overview

Having been helped, David's heart 'greatly rejoices' and overflows in song. God is both his power and his protection. This testimony shows that trust in God yields joy and praise, a pattern fulfilled as believers find their strength and security in Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 31

  • Ps 30:11–12Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
  • Ps 56:3–4What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
  • Eph 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
  • Isa 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
  • Ps 40:3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
  • Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  • Ps 13:5But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
  • Ps 28:8The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
  • Ps 118:6–9The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
  • Ps 84:11For 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.
  • Ps 68:3–4But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
  • Ps 3:3But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
  • Ps 69:30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
  • Ps 22:4Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
  • Ps 91:4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
  • Exod 15:1–21Then 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.
  • Ps 21:1The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
  • Ps 96:1–3O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
  • 1 Sam 2:1–11And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
  • Gen 15:1After 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.
  • Ps 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • 2 Sam 22:1–51And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
  • Ps 33:21For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
  • Ps 16:9–11Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
  • Rev 5:9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
  • Rev 15:3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
  • Ps 18:1–2I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
  • Ps 118:13–15Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
  • Judg 5:1–31Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
  • Isa 45:24Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
  • Ps 19:14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 28:7 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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