English Standard Version
Psalms 28:1
1To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
Psalms 28:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)To you, Lord, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock: Do not be silent to me, Lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I pray to you, O Lord, my rock. Do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you are silent, I might as well give up and die.
Context of Psalms 28:1
To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. 2Hear 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. 3Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.
Read all of Psalms 28Psalms 28:1 word by word
אֵ֘לֶ֤יךָ יְהוָ֨ה׀ אֶקְרָ֗א צוּרִי֮ אַֽל־תֶּחֱרַ֪שׁ מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי פֶּן־תֶּֽחֱשֶׁ֥ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי עִם־י֥וֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Unto thee will I cryקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
- O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- my rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
- be not silentחָשָׁהchâshâh · be silentH2814
- thou be silentחָרֵשׁchârash · be quietH2790
- to me, I becomeמָשַׁלmâshal · to likenH4911
- like them that go downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- into the pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
Cross-references for Psalms 28:1
- Psalms 3:4I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah
- Psalms 5:2Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray.
- Psalms 22:2O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
- Psalms 77:1I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me.
- Psalms 142:1With my voice I cry out to the Lord; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord.
- Psalms 18:2The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalms 42:9I say to God, my rock: "Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
- Isaiah 26:4Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
- Psalms 35:22You have seen, O Lord; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!
- Psalms 83:1O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
- Psalms 30:9"What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
- Psalms 69:15Let not the flood sweep over me, or the deep swallow me up, or the pit close its mouth over me.
- Psalms 88:4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,
- Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
- Job 33:28He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit, and my life shall look upon the light.'
- Proverbs 1:12like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
Commentaries on Psalms 28:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1O Lord my rock - צורי tsuri not only means my rock, but my fountain, and the origin of all the good I possess. If thou be silent - If thou do not answer in such a way as to leave no doubt that thou hast heard me, I shall be as a dead man. It is a modern refinement in theology which teaches that no man can know when God hears and answers his prayers, but by an induction of particulars, and by an inference from his promises. And, on this ground, how can any…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Unto thee will I cry - That is, under the consciousness of the danger to which I am exposed - the danger of being drawn away into the society of the wicked. In such circumstances his reliance was not on his own strength; or on his own resolutions; on his own heart; or on his fellowmen. He felt that he was safe only in God, and he appeals to Him, therefore, in this earnest manner, to save him. O Lord my rock - See the notes at Psalm 18:2. Be not silent to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1A prayer in distress. (1-5) Thanksgiving for deliverance. (6-9) Verses 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. He prays that he may not be numbered with the wicked. Save me from being entangled in the snares they have laid for me. Save me from being infected with their sins, and from doing as they…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1if You remain silent: The psalmist asks the Lord to act (Psalm 35:22; 50:3; 83:1; 109:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91. my rock--(Psa 18:2, 31). be not silent to me--literally, "from me," deaf or inattentive. become like them, &c.--share their fate. go down into the pit--or, "grave" (Psa 30:3).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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