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Psalm 28

Psa. 28:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Psalm of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
.>> Unto thee will I cry
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
my rock
tsuwr (Hebrew #6697)
from 6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
KJV usage: edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong. See also 1049.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: or tsur {tsoor}
; be not silent
chashah (Hebrew #2814)
to hush or keep quiet
KJV usage: hold peace, keep silence, be silent, (be) still.
Pronounce: khaw-shaw'
Origin: a primitive root
σto me: lest, if thou be silent
charash (Hebrew #2790)
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Pronounce: khaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
to me, I become
mashal (Hebrew #4911)
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
KJV usage: be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: denominative from 4912
like them that go down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
into the pit
bowr (Hebrew #953)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
KJV usage: cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
Pronounce: bore
Origin: from 952 (in the sense of 877)
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5:  David prays earnestly against his enemies;
6-9:  and for the people.
Unto.
Psa. 3:4• 4With my voice will I call to Jehovah, and he will answer me from the hill of his holiness. Selah. (Psa. 3:4)
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Psa. 5:2• 2Hearken unto the voice of my crying, my king and my God; for to thee will I pray. (Psa. 5:2)
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Psa. 22:2• 2My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me: (Psa. 22:2)
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Psa. 77:1• 1To the chief Musician. On Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm. My voice is unto God, and I will cry; my voice is unto God, and he will give ear unto me. (Psa. 77:1)
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Psa. 142:1• 1An instruction of David; when he was in the cave: a prayer. I cry unto Jehovah with my voice: with my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication. (Psa. 142:1)
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Psa. 18:2• 2Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my *God, my rock, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. (Psa. 18:2)
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Psa. 42:9• 9I will say unto *God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? (Psa. 42:9)
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Isa. 26:4• 4Confide ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jah, Jehovah, is the rock of ages. (Isa. 26:4)
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Isa. 26•  (Isa. 26)
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be.
Psa. 35:22• 22Thou hast seen it, Jehovah: keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me. (Psa. 35:22)
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Psa. 83:1• 1A Song; a Psalm of Asaph. O God, keep not silence; hold not thy peace, and be not still, O *God: (Psa. 83:1)
to.
Heb. from.
I become.
Psa. 30:9• 9What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? (Psa. 30:9)
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Psa. 69:15• 15Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me. (Psa. 69:15)
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Psa. 88:4‑6• 4I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
 5Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.
 6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps. (Psa. 88:4‑6)
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Psa. 143:7• 7Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit. (Psa. 143:7)
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Job 33:28• 28He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light. (Job 33:28)
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Prov. 1:12• 12let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit; (Prov. 1:12)
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Isa. 38:18• 18For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth. (Isa. 38:18)
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Rev. 20:3• 3and cast him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should not any more deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be loosed for a little time. (Rev. 20:3)
• Book 1, Series 5. The great tribulation. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• Here the soul is spoken of as in extreme distress—the pit of sheol open before it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 25-28” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A Psalm of David. Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

W. Kelly Translation

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Of David.{HR}Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I call;{HR}O my rock, be not silent to me,{HR}Lest thou be silent to me{HR}And I become like unto those that go down to the pit.