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Psalms 28:1

To you, LORD, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

In Context

2Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands towards your Most Holy Place.

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Cross References

Psalms 3:4I cry to the LORD with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.

Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Psalms 30:4Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.

Psalms 35:22You have seen it, LORD. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.

Psalms 42:9I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

Psalms 77:1My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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