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Psalms 28:1

By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.

Young's Literal Translation

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 supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

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Cross References

Psalms 3:4My voice [is] unto Jehovah: I call: And He answereth me from his holy hill, Selah.

Psalms 18:2Jehovah [is] my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God [is] my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

Psalms 30:4Sing praise to Jehovah, ye His saints, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness,

Psalms 35:22Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, Be not silent, O Lord — be not far from me,

Psalms 42:9I say to God my rock, 'Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?

Psalms 77:1To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. — A Psalm of Asaph. My voice [is] to God, and I cry, my voice [is] to God, And He hath given 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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