“Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.”
The psalmist concludes with a final petition that God would save the people, bless the inheritance, and care for them forever. The address "your people and your inheritance" establishes the relationship between God and the covenant community through dual metaphor. The verb "shepherd them" employs the royal metaphor, positioning God as the ultimate king and guide of the flock. The petition "carry them up forever" suggests not merely preservation but exaltation, continuous lifting up toward blessing. This verse shifts focus from individual vindication to corporate prayer, extending the psalmist's personal deliverance into intercession for the entire community.
Church Fathers on Psalms 28:9
Of David himself. 1. It is the Voice of the Mediator Himself, strong of hand in the conflict of the Passion. Now what He seems to wish for against His enemies, is not the wish of malevolence, but the declaration of their punishment; as in the Gospel, Matthew 11:20-24 with the cities, in which though He had performed miracles, yet they had not believed on Him, He does not wish in any evil will what He says, but predicts what is impending over them. 2. “Unto You, O Lord, have…
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