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Verse Psalms 28:2. _TOWARD THY HOLY ORACLE._] דביר קדשך
_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 p...
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HEAR THE VOICE OF MY SUPPLICATIONS - It was not mental prayer which he
offered; it was a petition uttered audibly.
WHEN I LIFT UP MY HANDS - To lift up the hands denotes supplication,
as this was a c...
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Psalms 28
Prayer For Judgment and Praise For the Answer
_ 1. Prayer for judgment (Psalms 28:1)_
2. Praise for the answer (Psalms 28:6)...
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XXVIII. Prayer for deliverance from godless Jews, and for vengeance
upon them. The Ps. ends with thanksgiving and prayer for ruler and
people.
Psalms 28:2. Read _mg._
Psalms 28:4. Yahweh's anointed...
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LIFT UP MY HANDS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct),
App-6, for praying.
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5.
ORACLE. speaking place. Occurs only here in Psalms. See note on 2
Samuel 16:23....
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Introductory appeal for a hearing, emphasising the urgency of the
need....
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The first line recurs in Psalms 31:22.
_when I cry_ A stronger word than that in Psalms 28:1, meaning to _cry
for help_.
_when I lift up my hands_ The attitude of prayer (Psalms 63:4;...
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PSALMS 28
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Prayer Turned into Praise.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 28:1-2, Prayer Boldly Pleads the Feared Result of
Refusal to Answer. Stanza II., Psalms 28:3-4 (with addition,...
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_HEAR THE VOICE OF MY SUPPLICATIONS WHEN I CRY UNTO THEE WHEN I LIFT
UP MY HANDS TOWARD THY HOLY ORACLE_ _ HEAR THE VOICE OF MY
SUPPLICATIONS, WHEN I CRY UNTO THEE, WHEN I LIFT UP MY HANDS TOWARD
THY...
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This Ps. is in many respects similar to Psalms 26, especially in the
writer's prayer that he may be distinguished from the wicked, and may
escape their fate; and in the confidence which he reaches in...
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THY HOLY ORACLE] RM 'the innermost place of thy sanctuary,' the Holy
of Holies, where God's Presence specially dwells. Here, as in Psalms
26, the existence of the Temple seems to be indicated....
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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LIFT UP MY HANDS. — For interesting illustrations of this Oriental
custom see Exodus 9:29; 1 Kings 8:22, &c. Compare the well-known line:
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“If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer.”
TENNYSON...
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שְׁמַ֤ע קֹ֣ול תַּ֭חֲנוּנַי בְּ
שַׁוְּעִ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ...
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Psalms 28:1
THE unquestionable resemblances to Psalms 26:1 scarcely require that
this should be considered its companion. The differences are as
obvious as the likenesses. While the prayer "Draw me no...
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A PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER
Psalms 28:1
This psalm also probably belongs to the time of Absalom's rebellion.
Psalms 28:2 resemble Psalms 26:8.
God is silent sometimes because He loves us unspeakably,...
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The affinity between this psalm and the previous one is evident and
its placing by the editor here was in all likelihood due to that fact.
In Psalms 27:1, in true order, praise prepares for, and issue...
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Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift
up my hands toward thy (b) holy oracle.
(b) He counts himself as a dead man, till God shows his favour toward
him, and grants him...
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_Honour. Hebrew, "strength," which we must acknowledge. (Haydock) ---
The first design of sacrifice is to adore God in spirit. (Worthington)
--- Holy court. Hebrew, "in the holy beauty," 1 Paralipomen...
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Here also, as in numberless other instances, with an eye to Jesus, we
have a lovely example, how to tell the Rock of our Salvation what our
confidence is; and how to supplicate all suited grace, when...
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2._Hear the voice of my prayers when I cry to thee. _This repetition
is a sign of a heart in anguish. David’s ardor and vehemence in
prayer are also intimated by the noun signifying _voice, _and the v...
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Psalms 28. The godly Jew pleads, in the time of trouble come on the
nation, that he may not be confounded with the wicked. If Jehovah did
not appear in his behalf, so much was he in the same distress...
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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 grac...
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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...
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_When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle_ Earnestly desiring
and confidently expecting an answer of peace from thence. The most
holy place within the veil is here, as elsewhere, called the _ora...
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PRAYER AND COMFORT IN TIMES OF REBELLION.
A psalm of David, written in similar circumstances as the two
foregoing ones, his heart apparently being so full that his mouth was
bound to speak, David in...
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Hear the voice of my supplications, of his loud, and earnest entreaty,
WHEN I CRY UNTO THEE, WHEN I LIFT UP MY HANDS, in a gesture of urgent
pleading, TOWARD THY HOLY ORACLE, literally, "throne-hall,...
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TOWARD THY HOLY ORACLE:
Or, towards the Oracle of thy Sanctuary...
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1-5 David is very earnest in prayer. Observe his faith in prayer; God
is my rock, on whom I build my hope. Believers should not rest till
they have received some token that their prayers are heard. H...
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i.e. Towards the holy of holies, which is so called, 1 KINGS 6:23,
compared with 2 CHRONICLES 3:10: compare also 1 Kings 6:5, 1 Kings 8:6
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Psalms 28:2 Hear H8085 (H8798) voice H6963 supplications H8469 cry
H7768 (H8763) up H5375 (H8800) hands...
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THE PSALMIST EARNESTLY CALLS ON GOD TO HEAR HIS PRAYER (PSALMS 28:1).
In each of these two verses the ideas fall into an abbc pattern, with
each central idea then being repeated in another form. Note...
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Psalms 28:1. _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._
Oh! if God did not hear prayer, we should become...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for deliverance from enemies and testimony as to
answered prayer.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: The Lord is our strength to support us in either service
or suffering, as well...
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Psalms 28:5. _He shall destroy them, and not build them up._ David
often foresaw that Saul's army and party would perish in war. This
prayer, Psalms 28:4, is in unison with the forms of prayer used in...
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_Unto Thee will I cry, O Lord my Rock._
THE PRAYER OF A SAINT IN DISTRESS
I. He prays that God would graciously hear and answer him now that, in
his distress, he called upon him (Psalms 28:1). Obser...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 28:1. This is a lament, a cry for help
during the threat posed by evildoers. The threat is probably to the
whole community (vv. Psalms 28:8),
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 28:2 MOST HOLY SANCTUARY. This is the
“innermost sanctuary” (see esv footnote), the place mentioned in 1
Kings 6:16.
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INTRODUCTION
Hitsig and others have assigned this psalm to Jeremiah, but there does
not seem to be thy sufficient reason for questioning the traditional
title which gives it to David. It may have been...
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EXPOSITION
This short psalm consists of three parts:
(1) a prayer for succour (Psalms 28:1, Psalms 28:2);
(2) a denunciation of the wicked (Psalms 28:3); and
(3
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Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if
thou be silent, I become like those that have gone down into the pit.
Hear my voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when...
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Towards — Towards the holy of holies, because there the ark was;
from whence God gave oracular answers to his people....