Psalms 28:1

לְדָוִד אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה ׀ אֶקְרָא צוּרִי אַֽל ־ תֶּחֱרַשׁ מִמֶּנִּי פֶּן ־ תֶּֽחֱשֶׁה מִמֶּנִּי וְנִמְשַׁלְתִּי עִם ־ יוֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2שְׁמַע קוֹל תַּחֲנוּנַי בְּשַׁוְּעִי אֵלֶיךָ בְּנָשְׂאִי יָדַי אֶל ־ דְּבִיר קָדְשֶֽׁךָ ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 3:4וְאַתָּה יְהוָה מָגֵן בַּעֲדִי כְּבוֹדִי וּמֵרִים רֹאשִֽׁי ׃

Psalms 18:2וַיֹּאמַר אֶרְחָמְךָ יְהוָה חִזְקִֽי ׃

Psalms 30:4יְֽהוָה הֶֽעֱלִיתָ מִן ־ שְׁאוֹל נַפְשִׁי חִיִּיתַנִי מיורדי ־ בֽוֹר ׃

Psalms 35:22רָאִיתָה יְהוָה אַֽל ־ תֶּחֱרַשׁ אֲדֹנָי אֲל ־ תִּרְחַק מִמֶּֽנִּי ׃

Psalms 42:9יוֹמָם ׀ יְצַוֶּה יְהוָה ׀ חַסְדּוֹ וּבַלַּיְלָה שירה עִמִּי תְּפִלָּה לְאֵל חַיָּֽי ׃

Psalms 77:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַֽל ־ ידיתון לְאָסָף מִזְמֽוֹר ׃

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 →

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