The Meaning of Psalms 28:7 Explained

Psalms 28:7

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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.

Darby: 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.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Psalms 28:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 28:1-9 - A Prayer And Its Answer
This psalm also probably belongs to the time of Absalom's rebellion. Psalms 28:2-3 resemble Psalms 26:8-9.
God is silent sometimes because He loves us unspeakably, Zephaniah 3:17, r.v., margin; sometimes to test our faith, Matthew 15:23; sometimes because He has already spoken and we have not listened, Matthew 26:62. But let us never go elsewhere for help, 1 Samuel 28:6-7. Let us wait and pray, lifting up our hands in the dark to touch His hands.
These prayers for the punishment of the wicked should be read as predictions. Do not be afraid of evil or of evil-doers. God is "a consuming fire" and destroys all evil. He causes the enemy to be still as a stone until His redeemed have passed over. Therefore there breaks in on the psalmist the ray of hope which finds expression in Psalms 28:6-7. Faith cries, I am helped! Let us rejoice even before the jailer comes to tell us that we are free, Acts 16:25; and let us send out our prayers for all the Church, Psalms 28:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 28

1  David prays earnestly against his enemies
6  and for the people

What do the individual words in Psalms 28:7 mean?

Yahweh [is] my strength and my shield in Him trusted My heart and I am helped therefore greatly rejoices my heart and with my song I will praise Him
יְהוָ֤ה ׀ עֻזִּ֥י וּמָגִנִּי֮ בּ֤וֹ בָטַ֥ח לִבִּ֗י וְֽנֶ֫עֱזָ֥רְתִּי וַיַּעֲלֹ֥ז לִבִּ֑י וּֽמִשִּׁירִ֥י אֲהוֹדֶֽנּוּ

יְהוָ֤ה ׀  Yahweh  [is] 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
עֻזִּ֥י  my  strength 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עֹז  
Sense: might, strength.
וּמָגִנִּי֮  and  my  shield 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular construct, first person common singular
Root: מָגֵן 
Sense: shield, buckler.
בּ֤וֹ  in  Him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
בָטַ֥ח  trusted 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּטוּחַ 
Sense: to trust.
לִבִּ֗י  My  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
וְֽנֶ֫עֱזָ֥רְתִּי  and  I  am  helped 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: עָזַר  
Sense: to help, succour, support.
וַיַּעֲלֹ֥ז  therefore  greatly  rejoices 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָלַז  
Sense: (Qal) to exult, rejoice, triumph.
לִבִּ֑י  my  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
וּֽמִשִּׁירִ֥י  and  with  my  song 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: שִׁיר 
Sense: song.
אֲהוֹדֶֽנּוּ  I  will  praise  Him 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular, third person masculine singular
Root: יָדָה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast.