_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._ David's prayer to God not to be silent at his cry (Psalms 28:1); nor to let him share the lot of the wicked, speak peace but plot mischief (Psalms 28:2) assured o... [ Continue Reading ]
_HEAR THE VOICE OF MY SUPPLICATIONS WHEN I CRY UNTO THEE WHEN I LIFT UP MY HANDS TOWARD THY HOLY ORACLE_ _ HEAR THE VOICE OF MY SUPPLICATIONS, WHEN I CRY UNTO THEE, WHEN I LIFT UP MY HANDS TOWARD THY HOLY ORACLE._ Hear ... my supplications ... holy oracle - so the most holy of the tabernacle or tem... [ Continue Reading ]
_DRAW ME NOT AWAY WITH THE WICKED, AND WITH THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY, WHICH SPEAK PEACE TO THEIR NEIGHBOURS, BUT MISCHIEF IS IN THEIR HEARTS._ Draw me not - the 'supplication' which in Psalms 28:1, he had entreated God to "hear;" substantially the same as Psalms 26:9. "Draw me not is an image from a... [ Continue Reading ]
_GIVE THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS, AND ACCORDING TO THE WICKEDNESS OF THEIR ENDEAVOURS: GIVE THEM AFTER THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS; RENDER TO THEM THEIR DESERT._ Give them. "Them:" the wicked, enemies. God repays men in kind, making their sin their punishment, and the mischief which they plotted for... [ Continue Reading ]
_BECAUSE THEY REGARD NOT THE WORKS OF THE LORD, NOR THE OPERATION OF HIS HANDS, HE SHALL DESTROY THEM, AND NOT BUILD THEM UP._ Because they regard not ... the operation of his hands - His righteous judgments on the ungodly: answering to "give them after the work (or operation: the same Hebrew as is... [ Continue Reading ]
_BLESSED BE THE LORD, BECAUSE HE HATH HEARD THE VOICE OF MY SUPPLICATIONS._ Assurance follows prayer in God's appointed order. BLESSED BE THE LORD, BECAUSE HE HATH HEARD. The thanksgiving is in the very words of his prayer (Psalms 28:2), marking the inseparable connection of prayer and its answer... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND MY SHIELD; MY HEART TRUSTED IN HIM, AND I AM HELPED: THEREFORE MY HEART GREATLY REJOICETH; AND WITH MY SONG WILL I PRAISE HIM._ My heart trusted in him, and I am helped. He anticipates his deliverance as already accomplished, because of the assurance of faith which Yahw... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD IS THEIR STRENGTH, AND HE IS THE SAVING STRENGTH OF HIS ANOINTED._ Their strength. "The Lord," whom he had called "my strength" (Psalms 28:7), he now calls "their strength;" so wholly identified is his cause with that of his people. HE IS THE SAVING STRENGTH - literally, the strength of... [ Continue Reading ]
_SAVE THY PEOPLE, AND BLESS THINE INHERITANCE: FEED THEM ALSO, AND LIFT THEM UP FOR EVER._ Concluding prayer that the Lord will continue "forever" the salvation which He hath conferred on His people. THY PEOPLE ... THINE INHERITANCE - Israel (Deuteronomy 9:29). FEED THEM - (Isaiah 40:11). LIFT... [ Continue Reading ]