Psalms 28:1
Unto thee, O LORD, will I call; my rock, be not thou deaf unto me: lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
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Psalms 3:4I cry unto the LORD with my voice, and he answereth me out of his holy hill. Selah
Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strong rock, in him will I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Psalms 30:4Sing praise unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks to his holy name.
Psalms 35:22Thou hast seen it, O LORD; 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 77:1I will cry unto God with my voice; even unto God with my voice, and he wilt 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 →