Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Save Your people, bless Your possession,
shepherd them, and carry them forever.

New American Standard Bible

Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.

King James Version

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

International Standard Version

Deliver your people and bless your inheritance! Shepherd them and lift them up forever! A Davidic Psalm.

A Conservative Version

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.

American Standard Version

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.

Amplified


Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.

Bible in Basic English

Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.

Darby Translation

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and feed them, and lift them up for ever.

Julia Smith Translation

Save thy people and bless thine inheritance, and feed them and lift them up even forever.

King James 2000

Save your people, and bless your inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up forever.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Save your people and bless your heritage. Shepherd them also and carry them always.

Modern King James verseion

Save Your people, and bless Your inheritance; feed them also, and lift them up forever.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O save thy people, and give thy blessing unto thine inheritance; feed them, and set them up forever.

NET Bible

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!

New Heart English Bible

Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.

The Emphasized Bible

Oh save thy people, and bless thine inheritance, Tend them also, and carry them, Unto times age-abiding.

Webster

Save thy people, and bless thy inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

World English Bible

Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever. A Psalm by David.

Youngs Literal Translation

Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!

References

Context Readings

My Strength

8 The Lord is the strength of His people;
He is a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
9 Save Your people, bless Your possession,
shepherd them, and carry them forever.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:29

But they are Your people, Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your great power and outstretched arm.

Isaiah 40:11

He protects His flock like a shepherd;
He gathers the lambs in His arms
and carries them in the fold of His garment.
He gently leads those that are nursing.

1 Kings 8:51

For they are Your people and Your inheritance;
You brought them out of Egypt,
out of the middle of an iron furnace.

Ezra 1:4

Let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.”

Psalm 78:71

He brought him from tending ewes
to be shepherd over His people Jacob—
over Israel, His inheritance.

Deuteronomy 1:31

And you saw in the wilderness how the Lord your God carried you as a man carries his son all along the way you traveled until you reached this place.

Deuteronomy 32:9

But the Lord’s portion is His people,
Jacob, His own inheritance.

2 Samuel 7:7

In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked anyone among the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel: Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

2 Samuel 21:3

He asked the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? How can I make atonement so that you will bring a blessing on the Lord’s inheritance?”

1 Kings 8:53

For You, Lord God, have set them apart as Your inheritance
from all the people on earth,
as You spoke through Your servant Moses
when You brought their ancestors out of Egypt.

Psalm 14:7

Oh, that Israel’s deliverance would come from Zion!
When the Lord restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.

Psalm 25:22

God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.

Psalm 80:14-19

Return, God of Hosts.
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,

Isaiah 46:3

“Listen to Me, house of Jacob,
all the remnant of the house of Israel,
who have been sustained from the womb,
carried along since birth.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their suffering, He suffered,
and the Angel of His Presence saved them.
He redeemed them
because of His love and compassion;
He lifted them up and carried them
all the days of the past.

Jeremiah 10:16

Jacob’s Portion is not like these
because He is the One who formed all things.
Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.

Jeremiah 31:7

For this is what the Lord says:

Sing with joy for Jacob;
shout for the chief of the nations!
Proclaim, praise, and say,
Lord, save Your people,
the remnant of Israel!”

Ezekiel 34:23-24

I will appoint over them a single shepherd, My servant David, and he will shepherd them. He will tend them himself and will be their shepherd.

Micah 5:2

Bethlehem Ephrathah,
you are small among the clans of Judah;
One will come from you
to be ruler over Israel for Me.
His origin is from antiquity,
from eternity.

Micah 5:4

He will stand and shepherd them
in the strength of Yahweh,
in the majestic name of Yahweh His God.
They will live securely,
for then His greatness will extend
to the ends of the earth.

Micah 7:14

Shepherd Your people with Your staff,
the flock that is Your possession.
They live alone in a woodland
surrounded by pastures.
Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in ancient times.

Matthew 2:6

And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the leaders of Judah:
because out of you will come a leader
who will shepherd My people Israel.

Ephesians 1:18

I pray that the perception of your mind may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the glorious riches of His inheritance among the saints,

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