Psalm 28:1-7 To you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.… I. THE SENSE OF DEPENDENCE UPON GOD. How sweet it is to say unto God, "My Rock." This gives confidence in life and in death. Said a dying saint (the Rev. John Rees)," Christ in His person, Christ in the love of His heart, and Christ in the power of His arm, is the rock on which I rest; and now" (reclining his head gently on the pillow), "Death, strike." II. CRAVING FOR FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. 1. God s silence deprecated as the greatest evil. 2. God's fellowship sought as the greatest good: (1) Humbly. (2) Earnestly. (3) Importunately. (4) Through faith in the mercy of God. III. CONFIDENCE IN THE ETERNAL JUSTICE OF GOD. 1. Deliverance sought from the doom of the wicked. 2. Retribution craved. IV. GRATITUDE FOE THE GOODNESS OF GOD. 1. For answered prayers. 2. For assistance in time of need. 3. For assurance of hope. V. EXULTING JOY IN THE SAVING STRENGTH OF GOD. VI. TRUST IN THE ULTIMATE TRIUMPH AND BLESSEDNESS OF GOD'S PEOPLE. (W. Forsyth, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: {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. |
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