Psalms 28:1
Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me,—lest, if thou turn from me in silence, I be like them who go down into the pit.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Psalms 3:4With my voice—unto Yahweh, do I cry, and he hath answered me out of his holy mountain. [Selah.]
Psalms 18:2Yahweh, was my mountain crag and my stronghold, and my deliverer: My GOD, was my rock, I sought refuge in him, My shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower.
Psalms 30:4Sweep the strings to Yahweh, ye his men of lovingkindness, and give ye praise at the mention of his holiness.
Psalms 35:22Thou hast seen, O Yahweh, do not keep silence! O My Lord! be not far from me:
Psalms 42:9I will say onto GOD,—my rock, Wherefore hast thou forgotten me? Wherefore in gloom should I go, because of oppression by the enemy?
Psalms 77:1With my voice—unto God, will I make outcry, With my voice 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 →