The preceding psalm is a plea addressed to the Lord that He not remain silent. And now, giving glory to the Lord, the psalmist...
The preceding psalm is a plea addressed to the Lord that He not remain silent. And now, giving glory to the Lord, the psalmist composes a hymn to His voice. This means that the composer of the psalms heard the voice of the Lord; He did not remain silent.
Yet the voice is so majestic that not everyone who hears it can withstand it. This voice, capable of shattering everything in creation, is compared to fearsome and untamable forces of nature. If such is the effect of God’s Voice alone, which merely hints at the Lord’s all-surpassing power, what can the effect of His power revealed in its fullness be?
It is beyond human comprehension to imagine the Lord’s might and majesty. Yet it was harder still to imagine that the Lord could reveal Himself not only in thunder and storm, but also in the whisper of a gentle breeze.
And days will come when His power will be manifested not only in visible might, but also in apparent weakness.
28 A prayer for help, Psa 28:1-3.
The doom of the wicked, Psa 28:4-5.
A thanksgiving, closed with prayer, Psa 28:6-9.
A psalm of David.
28:2 Towards - Towards the holy of holies, because there the ark was; from whence God gave oracular answers to his people.
28:3 Draw not - Do not drag me; as thou dost these, to execution and destruction.
28:5 Regard not - The providential works of God towards his people.
28:7 I am helped - He speaks of it as past, because God assured him by his spirit, that he had heard and accepted his prayers.