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Psalm 28

Psa. 28:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
thy people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
, and bless
barak (Hebrew #1288)
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
KJV usage: X abundantly, X altogether, X at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, X greatly, X indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, X still, thank.
Pronounce: baw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
a thine inheritance
nachalah (Hebrew #5159)
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion
KJV usage: heritage, to inherit, inheritance, possession. Compare 5158.
Pronounce: nakh-al-aw'
Origin: from 5157 (in its usual sense)
: βfeed
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
them also, and lift them up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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1 Kings 8:51,53• 51{i}(for they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron) —{/i}
 53{i}For thou hast separated them from among all peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spokest through Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.{/i} (1 Kings 8:51,53)
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or, rule,
Mic. 7:14• 14{i}Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine inheritance, dwelling alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.{/i} (Mic. 7:14)
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Psa. 14:7• 7Who shall give out of Zion the salvation of Israel?{HR}When Jehovah bringeth back the captivity of his people,{HR}Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be glad. (Psa. 14:7)
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Psa. 25:22• 22Redeem Israel, O God, from all his distresses. (Psa. 25:22)
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Psa. 80:14‑19• 14O God of hosts, return, we pray;{HR}Look down even from the heavens and see,{HR}And visit this vine,
 15Even the stock which thy right hand planted,{HR}And the plant (son) thou madest strong for thyself.
 16[It is] burned with fire, cut down:{HR}At the rebuke of thy face they perish.
 17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand,{HR}Upon the son of man thou madest strong for thyself.
 18So will we not go back from thee.{HR}Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.
 19Restore us, O Jehovah God of hosts,{HR}Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. (Psa. 80:14‑19)
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Jer. 31:7• 7For thus saith Jehovah; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, Jehovah, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. (Jer. 31:7)
bless.
Deut. 9:29• 29{i}They are indeed thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out with thy great power and with thy stretched-out arm.{/i} (Deut. 9:29)
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2 Sam. 21:3• 3{i}And David said to the Gibeonites{/i}, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make an atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah? (2 Sam. 21:3)
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1 Kings 8:51,53• 51{i}(for they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron) —{/i}
 53{i}For thou hast separated them from among all peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spokest through Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.{/i} (1 Kings 8:51,53)
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Jer. 10:16• 16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:16)
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Eph. 1:18• 18having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling; and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints; (Eph. 1:18)
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or, rule.
Psa. 78:71• 71From behind suckling [ewes] he brought him{HR}To feed Jacob his people and Israel his inheritance. (Psa. 78:71)
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2 Sam. 7:7• 7In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? (2 Sam. 7:7)
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Isa. 40:11• 11He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry [them] in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck. (Isa. 40:11)
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Ezek. 34:23‑24• 23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
 24And I Jehovah will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I Jehovah have spoken it. (Ezek. 34:23‑24)
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Mic. 5:2,4• 2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel: his goings forth have been of old from everlasting.
 4He shall stand and feed in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God; and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. (Mic. 5:2,4)
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Mic. 7:14• 14{i}Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine inheritance, dwelling alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.{/i} (Mic. 7:14)
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Matt. 2:6• 6{i}And thou Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.{/i} (Matt. 2:6)
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Matt. 2•  (Matt. 2)
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lift.
Ezra 1:4• 4{i}And whosoever remains in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, besides the voluntary offering for the house of God which is at Jerusalem.{/i} (Ezra 1:4)
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Ezra 1•  (Ezra 1)
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• Though for a time they may have to pass through suffering, and appear to be cast down, yet, even so, God will feed them and finally lift them up forever, in contrast to those who go down to the pit (vs. 1). (“Psalm 28” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and feed them, and liftf them up for ever.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "bear." see Deut. 1.31.

W. Kelly Translation

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Save thy people and bless thine inheritance,{HR}And feed them and lift them up forever.