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Psalms 28:9

Psalms 28:9
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Save thy people,.... The psalmist begins the psalm with petitions for himself, and closes it with prayers for the people of God; whom God has chosen for his people, taken into covenant to be his…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Save thy people - All thy people. The psalm appropriately closes with a prayer for all the people of God. The prayer is offered in view of the deliverance which the psalmist had himself experienced,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 28:6-9

In these verses,

I. David gives God thanks for the audience of his prayers as affectionately as a few verses before he had begged it: Blessed be the Lord, Psa 28:6. How soon are the saints' sorrows…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

thine inheritance Israel. Cp. Deu 4:20.

feed them Lit. shepherd them. Cp. Psa 23:1; 2Sa 7:7. Govern themin the adaptation of this verse in the Te Deum is from the Vulg. rege.

lift them up Exalt them;…