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

1Of David. To You, Adonai, I call— my Rock, do not be deaf to me. If You were silent to me, I would become like those going down to the Pit. Hear the sound of my pleas, when I cry to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy Sanctuary. 3Do not drag me away with the wicked and with doers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, while evil is in their hearts. 4Repay them for their deeds, their evil acts. Repay them for the deeds of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

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 63:4Since Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You.
• Psalms 125:5But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Adonai will lead them away with evildoers. Shalom be upon Israel.
• Psalms 134:2Lift up your hands to the Sanctuary and bless Adonai.
• Psalms 141:2May my prayer be set before You like incense. May the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
• Psalms 143:6I spread forth my hands to You. My soul longs for You as a parched land. Selah
• 2 Chronicles 6:13For Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high and placed it in the midst of the court. He stood on it and knelt down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven
• 1 Timothy 2:8So I desire all men to pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without anger and argument.
• Psalms 5:7You destroy those who speak falsehood. A person of bloodshed and deceit Adonai detests.
• Psalms 138:2I bow down toward Your holy Temple and praise Your Name for Your love and Your faithfulness. For You—magnified above all Your Name and Your word.
• 1 Kings 6:19He prepared an inner Sanctuary within the House, to set there the ark of the covenant of Adonai.
• 1 Kings 8:6The kohanim brought the ark of the covenant of Adonai to its place, into the inner Sanctuary of the House, to the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cheruvim.
• Daniel 6:10Thereupon King Darius issued the written decree.

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
• Oracle
• 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