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- Psalms
- Chapter 28
- Verse 2
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
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Gill's Exposition
Hear the voice of my supplications,.... Which proceed from the Spirit of grace and of supplication, and are put up in an humble manner, under a sense of wants and unworthiness, and on the foot of…
Barnes' Notes
Hear 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…
In these verses David is very earnest in prayer.
I. He prays that God would graciously hear and answer him, now that, in his distress, he called upon him, Psa 28:1, Psa 28:2. Observe his faith in…
Cambridge Bible
The first line recurs in Psa 31:22.
when I cry A stronger word than that in Psa 28:28, meaning to cry for help.
when I lift up my hands The attitude of prayer (Psa 63:4; 1Ti 2:8), the outward symbol…
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