Wesley's Notes on the Bible <<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.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. 28:2 Towards - Towards the holy of holies, because there the ark was; from whence God gave oracular answers to his people.
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. 28:3 Draw not - Do not drag me; as thou dost these, to execution and destruction.
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. 28:5 Regard not - The providential works of God towards his people.
Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. 28:7 I am helped - He speaks of it as past, because God assured him by his spirit, that he had heard and accepted his prayers.
The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible by John Wesley [1754-65] Bible Hub |
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