Psalm 28:6–9

In God we have all that we need! Joy in in the Lord is our strength.

Jesus is the answer to all our prayers.

Jesus said in Matthew 6:34, “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.” He should know – he’s the Author of the story. And he has already written the final chapter. Max Lucado

Theologian John Arthur Thompson writes, "There is a genealogical continuity to the covenant, not because God's covenant mercies are an inalienable family right, but because God is faithful to His promise to extend His blessings to all who love Him and obey His commandments.”

Today, God's covenant has been extended and renewed in the greatest way; each of us can decide to love the Lord with all our heart, soul and mind and accept the new covenant of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 9:15). Christ has welcomed us (Romans 15:7), and this gives us hope and fuels our desire to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. Although we may face a season of uncertainty, our heavenly Father will always be with us, renewing us by the Spirit poured out through Christ (Titus 3:5-6). As believers, we are confident that one day we will experience the blessings of eternity with the Lord. First5 

Psalm 28:6–9

6 Blessed be the Lord, Because He has heard the voice of my supplications! 7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him. 8 The Lord is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of His anointed. 9 Save Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever. The New King James Version

The psalmist praises Yahweh for hearing his petition. Praise is a common element of lament psalms, as the psalmists confidently anticipate Yahweh’s response. Shield is a common metaphor for God’s protection. 

The Hebrew word used here, mashiach, for his anointed one normally refers to Yahweh’s anointed king. Here it represents all of God’s people. The psalmist now focuses on all of Israel rather than himself. Shepherd them emphasizes Yahweh’s care and protection of His people. Faithlife Study Bible

Blessed be the Lord.  Because the plea of the psalmist has been heard, the last section of the poem is a hymn of praise. The term His anointed acknowledges God’s covenant with David, His promise that He would be David’s God and David would be His representative. This passage became a heritage of the monarchy, a treasure for each godly king in the Davidic line to go back to for strength and encouragement. 

The comparison of God with a shepherd is an image of the loving care of a great king. This image also foreshadows Jesus, the coming King and the Good Shepherd. The NKJV Study Bible

Has God heard our supplications? Let us then bless his name. The Lord is my strength, to support me, and carry me on through all my services and sufferings. The heart that truly believes, shall in due time greatly rejoice: we are to expect joy and peace in believing. God shall have the praise of it: thus must we express our gratitude. The saints rejoice in others’ comfort as well as their own: we have the less benefit from the light of the sun, nor from the light of God’s countenance, for others’ sharing therein. The psalmist concludes with a short, but comprehensive prayer. God’s people are his inheritance, and precious in his eyes. He prays that God would save them; that he would bless them with all good, especially the plenty of his ordinances, which are food to the soul. And direct their actions and overrule their affairs for good. Also, lift them up for ever; not only those of that age, but his people in every age to come; lift them up as high as heaven. There, and there only, will saints be lifted up for ever, never more to sink, or be depressed. 

Save us, Lord Jesus, from our sins; bless us, thou Son of Abraham, with the blessing of righteousness; feed us, thou good Shepherd of the sheep, and lift us up for ever from the dust, O thou, who art the Resurrection and the Life. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:29 

Yet they are Your people and Your inheritance, 

whom You brought out by 

Your mighty power and by Your outstretched arm.’

Psalm 3:3 

But You, O LORD, are a shield for me,

My glory and the One who lifts up my head.

Psalm 20:6 

Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed;

He will answer him from His holy heaven

With the saving strength of His right hand.

Psalm 69:30 

I will praise the name of God with a song,

And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

Isaiah 40:11 

He will feed His flock like a shepherd;

He will gather the lambs with His arm,

And carry them in His bosom,

And gently lead those who are with young.