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
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 28
The former part of this psalm is the prayer of a saint militan and now in distress (Ps. 28:1-3), to which is added the doom of God's implacable enemies, Ps. 28:4, 5. The latter part of the psalm is the thanksgiving of a saint triumphant, and delivered out of his distresses (Ps. 28:6-8), to which is added a prophetical prayer for all God's faithful loyal subjects, Ps. 28:9. So that it is hard to say which of these two conditions David was in when he penned it. Some think he was now in trouble... read more