The Meaning of Psalms 28:2 Explained

Psalms 28:2

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

YLT: Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

Darby: Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 28:2 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalm 28:1-9 - A Prayer And Its Answer
This psalm also probably belongs to the time of Absalom's rebellion. Psalms 28:2-3 resemble Psalms 26:8-9.
God is silent sometimes because He loves us unspeakably, Zephaniah 3:17, r.v., margin; sometimes to test our faith, Matthew 15:23; sometimes because He has already spoken and we have not listened, Matthew 26:62. But let us never go elsewhere for help, 1 Samuel 28:6-7. Let us wait and pray, lifting up our hands in the dark to touch His hands.
These prayers for the punishment of the wicked should be read as predictions. Do not be afraid of evil or of evil-doers. God is "a consuming fire" and destroys all evil. He causes the enemy to be still as a stone until His redeemed have passed over. Therefore there breaks in on the psalmist the ray of hope which finds expression in Psalms 28:6-7. Faith cries, I am helped! Let us rejoice even before the jailer comes to tell us that we are free, Acts 16:25; and let us send out our prayers for all the Church, Psalms 28:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalm 28

1  David prays earnestly against his enemies
6  and for the people

What do the individual words in Psalms 28:2 mean?

Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You when I lift up my hands toward sanctuary Your holy
שְׁמַ֤ע ק֣וֹל תַּ֭חֲנוּנַי בְּשַׁוְּעִ֣י אֵלֶ֑יךָ בְּנָשְׂאִ֥י יָ֝דַ֗י אֶל־ דְּבִ֥יר קָדְשֶֽׁךָ

שְׁמַ֤ע  Hear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
ק֣וֹל  the  voice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
תַּ֭חֲנוּנַי  of  my  supplications 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: תַּחֲנוּן  
Sense: supplication, supplication for favour.
בְּשַׁוְּעִ֣י  when  I  cry 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct, first person common singular
Root: שָׁוַע  
Sense: (Piel) to cry out (for help), shout.
אֵלֶ֑יךָ  to  You 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
בְּנָשְׂאִ֥י  when  I  lift  up 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, first person common singular
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
יָ֝דַ֗י  my  hands 
Parse: Noun, fdc, first person common singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
אֶל־  toward 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
דְּבִ֥יר  sanctuary 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דְּבִיר  
Sense: the holy of holies, the innermost room of the temple or tabernacle.
קָדְשֶֽׁךָ  Your  holy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.