About this song
About this song
This song belongs to the Psalms collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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I am calling out to You, Lord, my rock;
Do not go silent on me.
If You stay quiet
I am no different from the ones already down in the pit.
Hear the sound of me begging
When I call to You,
When I lift my hands
Toward the holiest place You keep.
Do not drag me off with people who do harm,
Who say peace to a neighbour
While something else sits in their chest.
Let what they built come back to them;
Let their hands be paid in their own work.
They pay no attention to what the Lord does,
Nothing to the work of His hands,
So He will pull them down
And not build them up again.
Blessed be the Lord,
Because He heard the sound of me begging.
The Lord is my strength and the shield in front of me;
My heart leaned on Him and I was helped.
So my heart is glad all the way through,
And I will thank Him with a song.
The Lord is strength for His people,
The saving strength of the one He chose.
Save Your people. Bless what belongs to You.
Feed them, and carry them, and keep carrying them.
About the passage
Psalms 28: The silence that would mean the pit
Psalm 28 begins with the terrifying possibility of divine silence and ends with the language of a shepherd. The Book of Psalms lets the speaker call the Lord his rock while still pleading, "be not silent to me," because dependable refuge is exactly why an answer matters. Lifted hands point toward the sanctuary, while wicked hands are described through deeds that deserve fitting judgment. The opposition is not superficial: peaceful words can hide mischief in the heart, and apparent friendliness can therefore be dangerous. Then the psalm turns. The voice of supplication once begged to be heard and is now celebrated as heard. Personal help becomes song, and song widens into prayer for the Lord's people and inheritance. The closing verbs, save, bless, feed, and lift up, move beyond one dramatic rescue toward the continuing care of a people who still need shepherding.
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