Text -- Psalms 28:9 (NET)

28:9 Deliver your people! Empower the nation that belongs to you! Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms at all times!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 28:9

¹ tn Or “bless.”

² tn Heb “your inheritance.” The parallelism (note “your people”) indicates that Israel is in view.

³ tn Heb “shepherd them and lift them up.”

sn The shepherd metaphor is sometimes associated with royal responsibility. See 2 Sam 5:2; 7:7; Mic 5:2-4).

⁴ tn Or “forever.”