John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 28:9
Save thy people ,.... The psalmist begins the psalm with petitions for himself, and closes it with prayers for the people of God; whom God has chosen for his people, taken into covenant to be his people, and given them to his son as such; these he has resolved to save, and has appointed Christ, and sent him into the world, to be the Saviour of them; and to them he makes known and applies the great salvation by his Spirit: so that this prayer was a prayer of faith, as are also the following... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 28:6-9
In these verses, I. David gives God thanks for the audience of his prayers as affectionately as a few verses before he had begged it: Blessed be the Lord, Ps. 28:6. How soon are the saints? sorrows turned into songs and their prayers into praises! It was in faith that David prayed (Ps. 28:2), Hear the voice of my supplications; and by the same faith he gives thanks (Ps. 28:6) that God has heard the voice of his supplications. Note, 1. Those that pray in faith may rejoice in hope. ?He hath... read more