Psalms 28:8 - Exposition

The Lord is their Strength ; i.e. the Strength, not of himself alone, but of the whole people. The deliverance will be as much for their sake as for his. And he is the saving strength of his anointed —literally, and a Stronghold of salvation to his anointed is HE . The welfare of David and that of the people are bound up together. God strengthens him for their sakes, that he may guide them aright and fight their battles, and give them dominion over their enemies. It was with this object that he chose him out of all Israel, and took him from the sheepfolds, and had him anointed king—that he might "feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance" ( Psalms 78:71 ).