11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 28:7
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.
Psalm 28:7 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- YHWH [is] my strength, and my shield, || In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exults, || And I thank Him with my song.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The Lord is my strength and my shield. I trust in him and he helps me. I'm so happy, and I sing my thanks to him.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Jehovah [is] my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped: therefore my heart exulteth, and with my song will I praise him.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- 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.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- The LORD 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.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 27:7 in this edition
- The Lord is my helper and my protector: in him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath flourished again, and with my will I will give praise to him.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָ֤ה׀ | Yah·weh | The LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| עֻזִּ֥י | ‘uz·zî | is my strength | H5797 עֹז strength |
| וּמָגִנִּי֮ | ū·mā·ḡin·nî | and my shield | H4043 מָגֵן shield |
| בּ֤וֹ | bōw | in Him | H9003 ב in/on/with |
| בָטַ֥ח | ḇā·ṭaḥ | trusts | H982 בָּטַח to trust |
| לִבִּ֗י | lib·bî | my heart | H3820 לֵב heart |
| וְֽנֶ֫עֱזָ֥רְתִּי | wə·ne·‘ĕ·zā·rə·tî | and I am helped | H5826 עָזַר to help |
| וַיַּעֲלֹ֥ז | way·ya·‘ă·lōz | rejoices | H5937 עָלַז to exult |
| לִבִּ֑י | lib·bî | Therefore my heart | H3820 לֵב heart |
| וּֽמִשִּׁירִ֥י | ū·miš·šî·rî | with my song | H7892 שִׁיר song |
| אֲהוֹדֶֽנּוּ׃ | ’ă·hō·w·ḏen·nū | and I give thanks to Him | H3034 יָדָה to give thanks |
Related verses
- Psalm 30:11–12
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness, To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
- Psalm 56:3–4
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
- Isaiah 61:10
I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Isaiah 12:2
Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- Psalm 40:3
He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
- Psalm 13:5
But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation.
- Psalm 28:8
Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
- Psalm 118:6–9
Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Yahweh is on my side among those who help me. Therefore I will look in triumph at those who hate me. It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man. …
- Psalm 84:11
For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
5 Because they don’t respect the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
6 Blessed be Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
7 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.
8 Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
Read all of Psalm 28 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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