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

1Unto thee, O LORD, will I call; my rock, be not thou deaf unto me: lest, if thou be silent unto 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 with their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. 4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: give them after the operation 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
• voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• supplicationsתַּחֲנוּןtachănûn tachănûnâh · supplicationH8469
• cryשָׁוַעshâva‛ · to cryH7768
• liftנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: vowH5375
• upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: vowH5375
• handsיָדyâd · hand: vowH3027
• towardאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944

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, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary, and bless ye the LORD.
• Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be set forth as incense before thee; the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
• Psalms 143:6I spread forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah
• 2 Chronicles 6:13(for 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 desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
• Psalms 5:7But as for me, in the multitude of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house: in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
• Psalms 138:2I will worship toward thy holy temple, and give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
• 1 Kings 6:19And he prepared an oracle in the midst of 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 its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
• Daniel 6:10And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem;) and 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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• Prayer

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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