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1. my rock-- ( Psa 18:2, 31 ).
be not silent to me--literally, "from me," deaf or inattentive.
become like them, &c.--share their fate.
go down into the pit--or, "grave" ( Psa 30:3 ).
2. lift up my hands--a gesture of prayer ( Psa 63:4 141:2 ).
oracle--place of speaking ( Exd 25:22 Num 7:89 ), where God answered His people (compare Psa 5:7 ).
3. Draw me not away--implies punishment as well as death (compare Psa 26:9 ). Hypocrisy is the special wickedness mentioned.
4. The imprecation is justified in Psa 28:5. The force of the passage is greatly enhanced by the accumulation of terms describing their sin.
endeavours--points out their deliberate sinfulness.
5. Disregard of God's judgments brings a righteous punishment.
destroy. . . build. . . up--The positive strengthened by the negative form.
6. supplications--or, "cries for mercy."
7. The repetition of "heart" denotes his sincerity.
8. The distinction made between the people.
their strength--and the anointed--may indicate Absalom's rebellion as the occasion.
9. The special prayer for the people sustains this view.
feed them--as a shepherd ( Psa 23:1, &c.).
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