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Psalms 28:2
2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.
Psalms 28:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
- New International Version (NIV)Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Hear the voice of my supplications When I cry to You, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
Context of Psalms 28:2
1Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, [if] thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness. 3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart. 4Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert.
Read all of Psalms 28Psalms 28:2 word by word
שְׁמַ֤ע ק֣וֹל תַּ֭חֲנוּנַי בְּשַׁוְּעִ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ בְּנָשְׂאִ֥י יָ֝דַ֗י אֶל־דְּבִ֥יר קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 28:2
- Psalms 63:4So will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name.
- Psalms 125:5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!
- Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless Jehovah.
- Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening oblation.
- Psalms 143:6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, [thirsteth] after thee. Selah.
- 2 Chronicles 6:13For Solomon had made a platform of bronze, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and he kneeled down on his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward the heavens,
- 1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning.
- Psalms 5:7But as for me, in the greatness of thy loving-kindness will I enter thy house; I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness in thy fear.
- Psalms 138:2I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness, and celebrate thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
- 1 Kings 6:19And he prepared the oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
- 1 Kings 8:6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim;
- Daniel 6:10And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Commentaries on Psalms 28:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Toward 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 the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Hear 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 common attitude in prayer. See the notes at 1 Timothy 2:8. Toward thy holy oracle - Margin, as in Hebrew, “toward the oracle of thy holiness.” The word “oracle” as used here denotes the place where the answer to prayer is given. The Hebrew word - דביר debı̂yr…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2People often raised their hands as a sign of devoted prayer (Psalms 63:4; 134:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. lift up my hands--a gesture of prayer (Psa 63:4; 141:2). oracle--place of speaking (Ex 25:22; Nu 7:89), where God answered His people (compare Psa 5:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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