Psalms 28:2

Psalms 28:2 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Listen to my prayer for mercy as I cry out to you for help, as I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary.

Context of Psalms 28:2

1Unto 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. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. 3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. 4Give 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.

Psalms 28:2 word by word

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

• 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 63:4Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
• Psalms 125:5As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
• Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.
• Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
• Psalms 143:6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
• 2 Chronicles 6:13For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of 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 kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
• 1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
• Psalms 5:7But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
• Psalms 138:2I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
• 1 Kings 6:19And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
• 1 Kings 8:6And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
• Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon 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

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