Psalms 28

To be of an heedless inobservant temper is very displeasing to God; and so much appears by that Scripture, Isaiah 26:11 Lord when your hand is lifted up they will not see. Nay, it is a sin, which God threatens and denounces woe against in his Word, Psalm 28. 4, 5. and Isaiah 5.…

So says the Psalmist, concerning the various acts of divine providence, in (Psalm 107:43), Whoever is wise, and will observe those things, even they shall understand the loving-kindness of the Lord: that is to say, such as set their hearts to consider of the Lord's blessed and e…

God so orders his favors as they appear to be true blessings, tending indeed to the good of those upon whom he bestows them. Thus when God gave Abraham a son, he established his covenant with him, that this gift might be a true blessing. The like I might instance in all the chil…

There is a kind of temporary pardon, which continues all these blessings. It is as great a curse as possibly David could thunder out against obstinate sinners, and God's implacable enemies: (Psalm 28:4) Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their…

1. Lifting up the palms or hands is a phrase of various use: 1. For praying (Psalm 28:2): Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands towards your holy oracle. (Lamentations 2:19) Lift up your hands towards him, for the life of your young childr…

No man says with himself, what have I done? The want of this hastens the righteous judgments of the Lord (Psalm 28:5): because they regard not the operation of his hands, therefore he will destroy them and not build them up. 3. The use of this affects and fits the heart to the d…

Therefore, believing parents have no word of faith or of the gospel by which to pray for the salvation of their children dying in infancy, for such prayers have neither warrant in the covenant of works nor in the covenant of grace, by their way. And yet that we are to pray is to…

(2.) From Covenant mercy to the thousand generation — contrary to (Genesis 17:7; Exodus 20:5). (3.) From Covenant prayers and church prayers — contrary to (1 Samuel 12; Psalm 28:9; Psalm 67:1-2; Psalm 103:4-5). (4.) From the blessing of the Lord's Covenant-presence, who dwells i…

And yet sometimes in the close of their Supplications, gives them an Answer, by terrible things, Psalm 65:5. He is sometimes Silent to the Prayers of his People, Psalm 28:1. Is not then a grant rare, when his People are silent as to Prayers?

The reasons for crying are: 1. Want cannot blush; the pinching necessity of the saints is not tied to the law of modesty: hunger cannot be ashamed (Psalm 55:2). I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise, says David, and Hezekiah (Isaiah 38:14): Like a crane, or a swallow, so did…

Jeremiah 3:21. Psalm 28:2, 6:31, 23:116. 1:130.