Psalms 28:2 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 28:2

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS 28:2 (253)

Often, we communicate by the lifting of hands, as when Moses' arms were lifted up and Israel was victorious. When his hands were down, the Amalekites won.… Our hands are our deeds of piety. If we store treasures in heaven, we have hands lifted to God and overcome the enemy. When, therefore, I raise my hands to God, I lift my spirit to him through my uplifted hands. Amalek is conquered by me. So, it is needful to lift your hands to God. The temple of God is his glory.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

Hear the voice of my prayers when I cry to thee. This repetition is a sign of a heart in anguish. David's ardor and vehemence in prayer are also intimated by the noun signifying voice, and the verb signifying to cry.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

That was a type of Christ, and it is to him that we must lift up our eyes and hands, for through him all good comes from God to us. It was also a figure of heaven ( Heb. ix. 24 ); and from God as our Father in heaven we are taught to expect an answer to our prayers.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שְׁמַ֤ע	she.Ma'	hear	H8085 →
ק֣וֹל	Kol	[the] sound of	H6963 →
תַּ֭חֲנוּנַי	Ta.cha.nu.nai	supplications my	H8469 →
בְּשַׁוְּעִ֣י	be.sha.ve.'I	when cry for help I	H7768 →
אֵלֶ֑יךָ	'e.Lei.kha	to you	H413 →
בְּנָשְׂאִ֥י	be.na.se.'I	when lift up I	H5375 →
יָ֝דַ֗י	ya.Dai	hands my	H3027 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
דְּבִ֥יר	de.Vir	[the] innermost room of	H1687 →
קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃	kod.She.cha	holiness your	H6944 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 141:2
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 2:8
  Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 8:3–4
  Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…
- Revelation 5:8
  When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which…
Through
Psalms 138:2
I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
leads to
- Matthew 5:18
  For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
- Psalms 56:10
  In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
- Isaiah 42:21
  The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Through
1 Timothy 2:8
Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
leads to
- Psalms 63:4
  So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms