John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 28:3
Psa 28:3 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 are therefore likely to be drawn away by thee to execution, as malefactors are drawn, hanged, and quartered (there wanteth but a hurdle, a horse, and a halter, said Belknapp, to do me right),... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 28:2
Psa 28:2 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; while hands and heart went up together to God in the heavens, Lamentations 3:40 . Preces fundimus, ecelum tundimus, miserieordiam extorquemus, &c. (Tertul.). Toward thy holy oracle ]... read more