Psalms 28:1
Unto you, O Lord, do I cry; my rock, be not deaf to me: lest, through holding your peace, I become like those who go down to the pit.
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Psalms 3:4When loudly I call to the Lord, from his holy hill he gives answer. Selah
Psalms 18:2The Lord is my rock, my fortress, deliverer, my God, my rock, where I take refuge, my shield, my defender, my tower.
Psalms 30:4Sing praise to the Lord, faithful people; give thanks to his holy name.
Psalms 35:22But you have seen, too, O Lord, keep not silence, O Lord, be not far from me.
Psalms 42:9I say to God my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I walk so sadly, so hard pressed by the foe?”
Psalms 77:1Loudly will I lift my cry to God, loudly to God, so he hears to 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 →