Matthew Henry Commentary Psalms 28:6-9

"Blessed be Jehovah, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him. Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever." — Psalms 28:6-9 (ASV)

Has God heard our supplications? Let us then bless His name. The Lord is my strength, to support me and sustain me through all my services and sufferings. The heart that truly believes will in due time greatly rejoice: we are to expect joy and peace in believing. God will have the praise for it: so we must express our gratitude.

The saints rejoice in others' comfort as well as their own; we do not benefit less from the light of the sun, nor from the light of God's countenance, because others also share in them. 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 that He would direct their actions and overrule their affairs for good. Also, that He would lift them up forever—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 forever, never more to sink or be depressed. Save us, Lord Jesus, from our sins; bless us, You Son of Abraham, with the blessing of righteousness; feed us, You good Shepherd of the sheep, and lift us up forever from the dust, O You who are the Resurrection and the Life.