Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word
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Themes 12 ▾
Prayer 1, 9 Suffering and Perseverance 1 Hope 1 Sin 5 Judgment 5 Worship 5 Faith 7 Providence 7 Joy 7 Redemption 9 Chosen People 9 Blessing and Curse 9
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David human 1-9
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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible 1× 1-9 Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament 1× 1, 6 Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary 1× 1, 6 Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary 1× 2-9
Manuscript witnesses 5 ▾
Codex Sinaiticus Aleph c. AD 330-360 Codex Vaticanus B c. AD 300-325 Codex Alexandrinus A c. AD 400-440 Aleppo Codex (Crown of Aleppo) c. AD 930 Leningrad Codex (Codex Leningradensis) AD 1008
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What is Psalms 28 about?

The confidence of the former psalm gives way again to urgent petition, as David cries to the LORD his rock, lest God be silent toward him. He pleads not to be dragged away with the workers of iniquity, and asks that they be repaid according to their deeds. Then his prayer turns to praise, for the LORD has heard his supplication, 'The LORD is my strength and my shield,' and he blesses God as the saving strength of His anointed. This movement from cry to thanksgiving marks the honest faith the Psalms teach God's people to pray.

Historical backdrop

These are the songbook of a nation, sung across a thousand years of Israel's worship, from Moses in the wilderness to the exiles returned from Babylon. They were carried from the tabernacle to Solomon's temple to the second temple rebuilt under Persia, set to the lyre and the harp and the clash of cymbals in the courts of the LORD.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 28
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Psalms 28
The Church Fathers on Psalms 28
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Psalms 28

Psalms Chapter 28
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1Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.
5Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
6Blessed be Jehovah, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7Jehovah 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.
8Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.
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What is Psalms 28 about?

The confidence of the former psalm gives way again to urgent petition, as David cries to the LORD his rock, lest God be silent toward him. He pleads not to be dragged away with the workers of iniquity, and asks that they be repaid according to their deeds. Then his prayer turns to praise, for the LORD has heard his supplication, 'The LORD is my strength and my shield,' and he blesses God as the saving strength of His anointed. This movement from cry to thanksgiving marks the honest faith the Psalms teach God's people to pray.