Psalm Twenty Eight
by Dr. Henry M. Morris
(taken from the Defender's Study Bible)
A Psalm of David.
Psalm 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.
into the pit. The “pit” here is not sheol, but rather a dungeon or possibly the grave.
Psalm 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
holy oracle. The innermost part of the sanctuary was occasionally called the holy oracle.
Psalm 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.
Psalm 28:4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Psalm 28:5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
Psalm 28:6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
Psalm 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
Psalm 28:8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
his anointed. “Anointed” is the Hebrew word Messiah.
Psalm 28:9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
