Passage Research
Psalm 28 — Sermon Preparation
David cries out to God his rock not to be silent; when God hears, he bursts into praise for the LORD who is his strength and shield. Below is a research summary for Psalm 28, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 9
- verses
- 96 / 65
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 28 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תַּחֲנוּן | tachănûwn | H8469 | 2 | prayer |
| עֹז | ʻôz | H5797 | 2 | strength, force |
| יָד | yâd | H3027 | 3 | hand, open |
| מַעֲשֶׂה | maʻăseh | H4639 | 2 | action, transaction |
| בָּרַךְ | bârak | H1288 | 2 | kneel, bless |
| קוֹל | qôwl | H6963 | 2 | voice, sound |
| לֵב | lêb | H3820 | 2 | heart, feelings |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 28, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The former part of this psalm is the prayer of a saint militan and now in distress (ver. 1-3), to which is added the doom of God's implacable enemies, ver. 4, 5. The latter part of the psalm is the thanksgiving of a saint triumphant, and delivered out of his distresses (ver. 6-8), to which is added a prophetical prayer for all God's faithful loyal subjects, ver. 9. So that it is hard to say which of these two conditions David was in when he penned it. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 28:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Most Holy Place 2— Ps 28:2
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