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Psalm 28:7

The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

5Because they don’t respect the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
6Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
7The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
8The LORD is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
9Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
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The heart that trusted now rejoices, and the song follows help received: gratitude here has a reason, rooted in YHWH’s strength and protection.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 3:3But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.Both passages name the LORD as a shield, expressing trust in his protection in personal terms.
Psalm 30:11–12You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,Both passages credit God with help that leads to gladness, expressed through song in Psalm 28 and dancing in Psalm 30.
Psalm 56:3–4When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.Both passages express trust in God, one amid fear and the other with thanks for help received.
Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.Both passages locate strength in the Lord, directing confidence toward his might.
Isaiah 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of …Both speakers rejoice in the LORD because of what he has done, naming help in the psalm and salvation in Isaiah.
Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD, the LORD, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”Both passages join trust with song and name the LORD as the speaker’s strength.
Psalm 40:3He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.Both passages connect song with praise to God and speak of trust in the LORD.
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in …Both passages connect the heart with singing directed to the Lord.
Exodus 15:1–21Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and said, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously. He has thrown the horse …Both passages direct song to the LORD in response to his help or victory.
1 Samuel 2:1–11Hannah prayed, and said, “My heart exults in the LORD! My horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies, because I rejoice in your …Both speakers rejoice in the LORD with their hearts and credit him with help or salvation.
Genesis 15:1After these things the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”Both passages use a shield to describe God’s protection, spoken by God to Abram and confessed in the psalm.
2 Samuel 22:1–51David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,David responds to the LORD’s rescue with song, matching Psalm 28’s movement from help received to thanks.
Where this verse fits

Answered prayer. gratitude. praise and worship.

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One step

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Encouragement

David’s joy has a history: he cried out, and YHWH heard him. His song thanks the same God he trusted for help.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).