Psalms 28:1
A Psalm of David. 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.
Psalms 28:1 in other translations
| BSB | Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit. |
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| WEB | By David. To you, LORD, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit. |
| ASV | A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O Jehovah, 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. |
| YLT | By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit. |
| DARBY | A Psalm of David. Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit. |
| BBE | My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld. |
| Webster | A Psalm of David. To thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou shouldst be silent to me, I should become like them that go down into the pit. |
What does Psalms 28:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Psa 28:1-9. An earnest cry for divine aid against his enemies, as being also those of God, is followed by the Psalmist's praise in assurance of a favorable answer, and a prayer for all God's people.
1. 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).Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
A righteous man in affliction makes supplication to God, and complains of the malice of his enemies, Psa 28:1-4; whom he describes as impious, and whose destruction he predicts, Psa 28:5. He blesses God for hearing his prayers, and for filling him with consolation, Psa 28:6, Psa 28:7; then prays for God's people, Psa 28:8, Psa 28:9. This Psalm is of the same complexion with the two preceding; and belongs most probably to the times of the captivity, though some have referred it to David in his persecutions. In the five first verses the author prays for support against his enemies, who appear to have acted treacherously against him. In the sixth and seventh he is supposed to have gained the victory, and returns with songs of triumph. The eighth is a chorus of the people sung to their conquering king. The ninth is the prayer of the king for his people. Verse 1 O 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 man fairly presume that he is heard or answered at all? May not his inductions be no other than the common occurrences of providence? And may not providence be no more than the necessary occurrence of events? And is it not possible, on this skeptic ground, that there is no God to hear or answer? True religion knows nothing of these abominations; it teaches its votaries to pray to God, to expect an answer from him, and to look for the Holy Spirit to bear witness with their spirits that they are the sons and daughters of God.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 28:1-5
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Psalms 28:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 28:1
- Psalms 143:7
Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
- Psalms 18:2
The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
- Psalms 88:4-6
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
- Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
- Psalms 83:1
A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
- Isaiah 26:4
Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
- Job 33:28
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
- Revelation 20:3
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
- Psalms 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
- Psalms 30:9
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
- Psalms 35:22
This thou hast seen, O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
- Isaiah 38:18
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6 and for the people.
Unto.
3:4; 5:2; 22:2; 77:1; 142:1
O.
18:2; 42:9; Isa 26:4; *marg:
be.
35:22; 83:1
to. Heb. from. I become.
30:9; 69:15; 88:4-6; 143:7; Job 33:28; Pr 1:12; Isa 38:18; Re 20:3
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Context
- Psalms 28:1
A Psalm of David. 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.
- Psalms 28:2
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalms 28:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Salmo de David. A TI clamaré, oh Jehová, fortaleza mía: no te desentiendas de mí; porque no sea yo, dejándome tú, semejante á los que descienden al sepulcro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | De David. Éternel! je crie à toi; mon rocher! ne te tais point envers moi; de peur que, si tu gardes le silence envers moi, je ne sois fait semblable à ceux qui descendent dans la fosse. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Zu dir, Jehova rufe ich; mein Fels, wende dich nicht schweigend von mir ab, damit nicht, wenn du gegen mich verstummst, ich denen gleich sei, die in die Grube hinabfahren! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Psalmus David, in consummatione tabernaculi. Afferte Domino, filii Dei, afferte Domino filios arietum. |