The former part of this psalm is the prayer of a saint militan and now in distress , to which is added the doom of God’s implacable enemies, Ps. 28:4–5.

Prayer for Deliverance. A psalm of David. 1 Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

In these verses, I. David gives God thanks for the audience of his prayers as affectionately as a few verses before he had begged it: Blessed be the Lord, Ps. 28:6.