Псалом 28

According to the inscription of the Hebrew, Greek and Latin (Vulgate) Bibles, the psalm belongs to David. It is impossible to indicate exactly the time and reason for its writing, due to the absence of any precise instructions in it. The addition to the Hebrew inscription “at the end of the Feast of Tabernacles” was made according to the Greek Bible and indicates the time when the Jews used this psalm in worship: at the end of the Feast of Tabernacles. Currently, Jews use this psalm on the holiday of Pentecost. David invites all the sons of God to give honor to the Lord in His sanctuary (1–2). In the phenomena of a thunderstorm, the glory and power of the Lord is revealed, crushing the cedars of Lebanon, shaking the desert, resolving deer and sitting majestically over the waters of the flood (3–10). This Lord is the God of Israel, to whom He gives strength and peace (11). Ps.28:1. Give to the Lord, sons of God, give to the Lord glory and honor, “Sons of God” are invited to give praise to God in the sanctuary, which indicates that they are not disembodied spirits, but people (cf. Ps. 82:1, 6-7). By “sons of God” we must understand everyone endowed with power over other people, i.e. kings, nobles, princes and priests. Ps.28:3. The voice of the Lord is over the waters; The God of glory has thundered, the Lord is over many waters. In the extraordinary streams from the rains and in the terrible thunderstorms of the East, the majestic voice of Jehovah is heard; these phenomena occur according to His will. Ps.28:5. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; The Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon Ps.28:6. and makes them gallop like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. The mighty cedars of Lebanon, famous for their slenderness and strength, are crushed by the voice of Jehovah, like reeds, and are carried by a strong storm along the slopes of the mountains, just as calves gallop in Lebanon and Sirion; (Sidonian name for Mount Hermon, one of the most majestic in northeastern Palestine). Ps.28:7. The voice of the Lord cuts out a flame of fire. “The voice of the Lord strikes out a flame of fire” - lightning, of course. Ps.28:8. The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; The Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. The Lord shakes the desert - a mass of sand and dust rises in the desert from the storm, the animal kingdom of the desert trembles and runs. Ps.28:9. The voice of the Lord releases the burden of the deer and strips the forests bare; and in His church everything proclaims His glory. “The voice of the Lord relieves the deer from the burden” is a common occurrence in the East, when these timid animals give birth to their young prematurely during strong thunderstorms. - “Exposes the forests” - either tears off the foliage from them, or pulls out a lot of trees, from which the wooded area is exposed, the thicket becomes sparse, transparent. Ps.28:10. The Lord sat over the flood, and the Lord will sit as king forever. “The Lord sat over the flood” - in the mass of water that falls during these rains, the power of the Lord is manifested, by whose will it falls. The Lord, as if on a throne, sits above the clouds. Ps.28:11. The Lord will give strength to His people, the Lord will bless His people with peace. If the word of the Lord is so majestic and powerful, then peace is forever guaranteed to the people who honor Him: the Lord is able to protect them from their enemies. You might be interested in: