Psalm 28:1-4

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 28:1-5

In these verses David is very earnest in prayer. I. He prays that God would graciously hear and answer him, now that, in his distress, he called upon him, Ps. 28:1, 2. Observe his faith in prayer: O Lord, my rock, denoting his belief of God's power (he is a rock) and his dependence upon that power??He is my rock, on whom I build my hope.? Observe his fervency in prayer: ?To thee will I cry, as one in earnest, being ready to sink, unless thou come in with seasonable succour.? And observe how... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 28:1

Unto thee will I cry ,.... This denotes the distress the psalmist was in, fervency and ardour in prayer, resolution to continue in it, and singularity with respect to the object of it; determining to cry to the Lord only; to which he was encouraged by what follows; O Lord my rock ; he being a strong tower and place of defence to him, in whom were all his safety, and his trust and confidence, and in whom he had an interest; be not silent to me ; or "deaf" F17 אל תחרש "ne... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 28:2

Hear the voice of my supplications ,.... Which proceed from the Spirit of grace and of supplication, and are put up in an humble manner, under a sense of wants and unworthiness, and on the foot of grace and mercy, and not merit; when I cry unto thee ; as he now did, and determined he would, and continue so doing, until he was heard; when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle : the holy of holies, in the tabernacle and in the temple, which was sometimes so called, 1 Kings 6:23 ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 28:3

Draw me not away with the wicked ,.... That is, with those who are notoriously wicked; who are inwardly and outwardly wicked; whose inward part is very wickedness, and who sell themselves and give up themselves to work wickedness: the sense is, that God would not suffer him to be drawn away, or drawn aside by wicked men, but that he would deliver him from temptation; or that he would not give him up into their hands, to be at their mercy; who he knew would not spare him, if they had him in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 28:4

Give them according to their deeds ,.... According to the demerit of them, which is death, even death eternal; and according to the wickedness of their endeavours ; for though wicked men do not always succeed; yet their want of success does not excuse their wickedness; give them after the work of their hands ; see 2 Timothy 4:14 ; render to them their desert ; what their iniquities, in thought, word, and deed, deserve: such petitions are not contrary to that Christian charity... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 28:1

O Lord my rock - צורי tsuri not only means my rock, but my fountain, and the origin of all the good I possess. If thou be silent - If thou do not answer in such a way as to leave no doubt that thou hast heard me, I shall be as a dead man. It is a modern refinement in theology which teaches that no man can know when God hears and answers his prayers, but by an induction of particulars, and by an inference from his promises. And, on this ground, how can any man fairly presume that he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 28:2

Toward thy holy oracle - קדשך דביר debir kodshecha ; debir properly means that place in the holy of holies from which God gave oracular answers to the high priest. This is a presumptive proof that there was a temple now standing; and the custom of stretching out the hands in prayer towards the temple, when the Jews were at a distance from it, is here referred to. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 28:3

Draw file not away - Let me not be involved in the punishment of the wicked. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 28:4

Give them - Is the same as thou wilt give them; a prophetic declaration of what their lot will be. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 28:1

Verse 1 1.Unto thee, O Jehovah! will I cry. The Psalmist begins by declaring that he would betake himself to the help of God alone, which shows both his faith and his sincerity. Although men labor every where under a multitude of troubles, yet scarcely one in a hundred ever has recourse to God. Almost all having their consciences burdened with guilt, and having never experienced the power of divine grace which might lead them to betake themselves to it, either proudly gnaw the bit or fill the... read more

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