28:9 Deliver your people!
Empower 1 the nation that belongs to you! 2
Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms 3 at all times! 4
[28:9] 1 tn Or “bless.”
[28:9] 2 tn Heb “your inheritance.” The parallelism (note “your people”) indicates that Israel is in view.
[28:9] 3 tn Heb “shepherd them and lift them up.”
[28:9] sn The shepherd metaphor is sometimes associated with royal responsibility. See 2 Sam 5:2; 7:7; Mic 5:2-4).
[28:9] 4 tn Or “forever.”
