Psalms 28:1
{[A Psalm] of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, [if] thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
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Psalms 3:4With my voice will I call to Jehovah, and he will answer me from the hill of his holiness. Selah.
Psalms 18:2Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Psalms 30:4Sing psalms unto Jehovah, ye saints of his, and give thanks in remembrance of his holiness.
Psalms 35:22Thou hast seen [it], Jehovah: keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.
Psalms 42:9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms 77:1{To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.} My voice is unto God, and I will cry; my voice is unto God, and he will give ear unto me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 28:1
The former part of this psalm is the prayer of a saint militan and now in distress ( ver. 1-3 ), to which is added the doom of God's implacable enemies, ver. 4, 5 . The latter part of the psalm is the thanksgiving of a saint triumphant, and delivered out of his distresses ( ver. 6-8 ), to which is added a prophetical prayer for all God's faithful loyal subjects, ver. 9 . So that it is hard to say which of these two conditions David was in when he penned it. Some think he was now in trouble seeking God, but at the… Read the whole commentary →