Psalms 28:1 «[A Psalm] of David. » 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. Ver. 1. _Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock_] That thou mayest grant me what I begged so earnestly of thee in the former psa... [ Continue Reading ]
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. Ver. 2. _When I lift up my hands_] An ordinary gesture in prayer, expressing faith (for they held out their open hands, as craving beggars with the palms upward, 1Ki 8:22) and helping fervency;... [ 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. Ver. 3. _Draw me not away with the wicked_] Who seek to draw me away from my settled purpose of attending upon thee, απερισπαστως, 1 Corinthians 7:35, and ar... [ 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. Ver. 4. _Give them according to their deeds_] God loveth to retaliate; and David, out of a public and prophetic spirit (not from private rev... [ 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. Ver. 5. _Because they regard not the works of the Lord_] That is, saith Kimchi, the worship of God they care not for; but follow the vanities of the world. Or, the works of G... [ Continue Reading ]
Blessed [be] the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. Ver. 6. _Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard, &c._] God will one day turn the prayers of his people into praises. David, Psalms 28:1, had said, Be not silent to me; here, Blessed be God, for he hath answered me. So J... [ 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. Ver. 7. _The Lord is my strength and my shield_] So that I am furnished and harnessed within and without. See Psalms 18:2 . _ My heart truste... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD [is] their strength, and he [is] the saving strength of his anointed. Ver. 8. _The Lord is their strength_] Not mine only, as Psalms 28:7, but the strength of all and every one of the holy community, of true Christians, partakers of Christ's unction, of his Spirit.... [ Continue Reading ]
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. Ver. 9. _Save thy people_] The Church must share in our prayers. _ And bless thine inheritance_] Which cannot but be dear to thee. _ Feed them also_] For they are but ill-favouredly fed by Saul. _ Lift them... [ Continue Reading ]