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The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
Psalms 29:11 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.
  • BSB The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
  • NKJV The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace.
  • NASB The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace.
  • NLT The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace.

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Quick answer

The Lord gives strength to His people and blesses them with peace. It applies God's mighty power to the good of His people.

Overview

The same God whose voice shatters cedars grants strength and peace to His own. His overwhelming power is exercised for His people's blessing, not their terror. This peace is fulfilled in Christ, who is our peace and gives strength to all who trust Him.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 25

  • Isa 40:31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
  • Num 6:24–27The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
  • 2 Th 3:16Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
  • Isa 41:10Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
  • John 16:33These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
  • Isa 40:29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
  • Ps 37:11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
  • Ps 68:35O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
  • Ps 28:8–9The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
  • 1 Cor 1:3Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
  • Zech 10:12And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
  • Rom 14:17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
  • Eph 3:16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
  • Zech 10:6And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
  • Ps 138:3In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
  • Ps 72:3The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
  • Ps 85:8I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
  • Ps 84:7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
  • Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
  • Ps 85:10Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
  • Eph 2:17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
  • Rev 1:4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
  • Ps 72:7In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
  • 2 Tim 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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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 29:11 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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