Psalms 28:2

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

1Lord, I am calling to you for help. You are my safe place, like a high rock. Please do not refuse to listen to me. If you do not answer me, I will be like those who are going down into the deep hole of death. Hear me when I call to you for help. Please be kind to me. I am lifting up my hands towards your Most Holy Place. 3Do not pull me away to punishment, as you do with wicked people. Those people do evil things. They say kind words to their friends, but really they want to hurt them. 4Punish them for their sins. Give back to them what they deserve! Yes, punish them! That is the fair thing to do.

Psalms 28:2 word by word

שְׁמַ֤ע ק֣וֹל תַּ֭חֲנוּנַי בְּשַׁוְּעִ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ בְּנָשְׂאִ֥י יָ֝דַ֗י אֶל־דְּבִ֥יר קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of my supplicationsתַּחֲנוּןtachănûn tachănûnâh · supplicationH8469
• when I cryשָׁוַעshâva‛ · to cryH7768
• unto thee, when I lift upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: vowH5375
• my handsיָדyâd · hand: vowH3027
• toward thy holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• oracleדְּבִירdebîyr debir · hindmost chamberH1687

Cross-references for Psalms 28:2

• Psalms 63:4Yes, I will thank you for as long as I live. I will lift up my hands and I will pray to you.
• Psalms 125:5But as for people who follow their own bad ways, Lord, please remove them! Take them away, along with people who do evil things. May Israel have peace!
• Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands towards his Holy Place, and praise him.
• Psalms 141:2I offer my prayer to you like incense. Please accept it when I raise my hands to you. Accept it like a gift that I offer to you in the evening.
• Psalms 143:6I raise my hands to pray to you. I need you to help me, like dry ground needs rain. Selah
• 2 Chronicles 6:13He had made a bronze stage to stand on. It was 2.3 metres long, 2.3 metres wide and 1.4 metres high. He put it in the middle of the yard and he stood on it. Then he went down on his knees where all the Israelites could see him. He lifted up his hands towards the sky.
• 1 Timothy 2:8So then, in every place where you meet together, I want the men to pray. The men who lift up their hands and pray must be those who live good lives. They must not be people who are angry or who quarrel with others.
• Psalms 5:7But I will come into your house, because of your faithful love. I will bend low in your holy temple, and I will worship you.
• Psalms 138:2I look towards your holy temple, and I bend down to worship you. I thank you for who you are. You love your people and they can always trust you. You are more famous than anyone, because you always do what you promise.
• 1 Kings 6:19Solomon prepared the inside room to be the Most Holy Place where they would put the Lord's Covenant Box.
• 1 Kings 8:6Then the priests brought the Lord's Covenant Box to its proper place in the inside room of the temple. That was the Most Holy Place. They put it under the wings of the cherubs.
• Daniel 6:10Daniel heard that the king had written this new law. Then he went home. He went upstairs to his room where the windows opened in the direction of Jerusalem. He bent down on his knees and he prayed to God, and he thanked God. He did that three times every day, in the same way that he had always done before.

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

Topics related to Psalms 28:2

• Church
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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