The Meaning of Psalms 28:6 Explained

Psalms 28:6

KJV: Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

YLT: Blessed is Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

Darby: Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

ASV: Blessed be Jehovah, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Blessed  [be] the LORD,  because he hath heard  the voice  of my supplications. 

What does Psalms 28:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 28:1-9 - A Prayer And Its Answer
This psalm also probably belongs to the time of Absalom's rebellion. Psalms 28:2-3 resemble Psalms 26:8-9.
God is silent sometimes because He loves us unspeakably, Zephaniah 3:17, r.v., margin; sometimes to test our faith, Matthew 15:23; sometimes because He has already spoken and we have not listened, Matthew 26:62. But let us never go elsewhere for help, 1 Samuel 28:6-7. Let us wait and pray, lifting up our hands in the dark to touch His hands.
These prayers for the punishment of the wicked should be read as predictions. Do not be afraid of evil or of evil-doers. God is "a consuming fire" and destroys all evil. He causes the enemy to be still as a stone until His redeemed have passed over. Therefore there breaks in on the psalmist the ray of hope which finds expression in Psalms 28:6-7. Faith cries, I am helped! Let us rejoice even before the jailer comes to tell us that we are free, Acts 16:25; and let us send out our prayers for all the Church, Psalms 28:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 28

1  David prays earnestly against his enemies
6  and for the people

What do the individual words in Psalms 28:6 mean?

Blessed [be] Yahweh because He has heard the voice of my supplications
בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה כִּי־ שָׁ֝מַע ק֣וֹל תַּחֲנוּנָֽי

בָּר֥וּךְ  Blessed  [be] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
כִּי־  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
שָׁ֝מַע  He  has  heard 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
ק֣וֹל  the  voice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹול 
Sense: voice, sound, noise.
תַּחֲנוּנָֽי  of  my  supplications 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: תַּחֲנוּן  
Sense: supplication, supplication for favour.