Psalms 28 · Verse 2

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 28:2, King James Version

Psalms 28:2 in other translations

BSBHear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
WEBHear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
ASVHear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
YLTHear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
DARBYHear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.
BBEGive ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.
WebsterHear the voice of my supplications, when I cry to thee, when I lift my hands towards thy holy oracle.

What does Psalms 28:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Toward thy holy oracle - דביר קדשך 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 28:1-5

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 do. Lord, never leave me to use such…

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Psalms 28:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שְׁמַ֤עshe.Ma'hearH8085
ק֣וֹלKol[the] sound ofH6963
תַּ֭חֲנוּנַיTa.cha.nu.naisupplications myH8469
בְּשַׁוְּעִ֣יbe.sha.ve.'Iwhen cry for help IH7768
אֵלֶ֑יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413
בְּנָשְׂאִ֥יbe.na.se.'Iwhen lift up IH5375
יָ֝דַ֗יya.Daihands myH3027
אֶל\־'el-toH413
דְּבִ֥ירde.Vir[the] innermost room ofH1687
קָדְשֶֽׁךָ\׃kod.She.chaholiness yourH6944

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 28:2

  • Psalms 141:2

    Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

  • Psalms 138:2

    I 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.

  • Psalms 140:6

    I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.

  • 1 Timothy 2:8

    I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

  • Psalms 134:2

    Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord.

  • Psalms 5:7

    But 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.

  • Daniel 6:10

    Now 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.

  • Psalms 125:5

    As 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.

  • 1 Kings 6:22-23

    And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.

  • Lamentations 2:19

    Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

  • Psalms 143:6

    I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

  • 1 Kings 8:38

    What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
when.
63:4; 125:5; 134:2; 141:2; 143:6; 2Ch 6:13; 1Ti 2:8
thy holy oracle. or, the oracle of thy sanctuary.
5:7; 138:2; 1Ki 6:19,22,23; 8:6-8,28-30,38; Da 6:10

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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 28:3

    Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

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Psalms 28:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Oye la voz de mis ruegos cuando clamo á ti, cuando alzo mis manos hacia el templo de tu santidad.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Écoute la voix de mes supplications quand je crie à toi, quand j’élève mes mains vers l’oracle de ta sainteté.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Höre die Stimme meines Flehens, wenn ich zu dir schreie, wenn ich meine Hände aufhebe gegen deinen heiligen Sprachort.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Afferte Domino gloriam et honorem; afferte Domino gloriam nomini ejus; adorate Dominum in atrio sancto ejus.