King James Version

Psalms 28:8

The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

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יְהוָ֥הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).עֹֽזozstrengthעֹזnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “strength”, the ordinary formH5797strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.לָ֑מוֹlamvotoלָ֑מוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toוּמָ֘ע֤וֹזumaozand forceמָעוֹזconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and force”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4581a fortified place; figuratively, a defenceforce, fort(-ress), rock, strength(-en), ([idiom] most) strong (hold).יְשׁוּע֖וֹתyeshuotdeliveranceיְשׁוּעָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “deliverance”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3444something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperitydeliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.מְשִׁיח֣וֹmeshichvoMessiahמָשִׁיחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “Messiah”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4899anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiahanointed, Messiah.הֽוּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The LORD is a strength unto them; and He is a stronghold of salvation to His anointed.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jehovah [is] strength to him, Yea, the strength of the salvation of His anointed [is] He.

World English Bible

Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

Darby Translation

Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one.

Douay-Rheims

The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and the Lord shall shake the desert of Cades.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The LORD is a strength unto them; and He is a stronghold of salvation to His anointed.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύριος κραταίωμα τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑπερασπιστὴς τῶν σωτηρίων τοῦ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐστι.