Read Psalm 28 here (text coming …) or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraph:
28:1-9 {p} A plea to hear David’s supplication, and rejoicing because his supplication was heard
Psalm 28:1-9 Chiastic Structure:
YHVH is my strength and my shield; in Him has my heart trusted, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise Him. Psa 28:7
To be helped is in Hebrew, Strong’s 5826, עזר azar. The ancient pictographs are ayin + zayin + resh.
ayin ע = eye, thus watch, know, shade
zayin ז = mattock, thus tool, food, cut, nourish
resh ר = head of man, thus head, first, top, beginning, man
The parable being told by the Hebrew Root Word is to perceive (ayin) what is necessary (zayin, as a tool is used to accomplish a needed end) for the man (resh).
To help, according to Webster’s, is to give assistance or support to; to make more pleasant or bearable; to improve or relieve; to rescue or save; to benefit, to promote, to change for the better. Thus, the purpose of perceiving what is necessary for the man, is so that whatever is necessary can be provided.
Knowing that whatever is necessary will be provided, leads to a very specific outcome: rejoicing!
To rejoice is in Hebrew, Strong’s H5937, עלז alaz, a primitive verb meaning, “to exult, rejoice, triumph.” The ancient pictographs are ayin + lamed + zayin.
ayin ע = eye, thus watch, know, shade
lamed ל = shepherd’s staff, thus teach, yoke, to, bind
zayin ז = mattock, thus tool, food, cut, nourish
In ancient days, captives as spoils of war were placed into yokes raised up onto their shoulders for transport. So the one who experiences (ayin, in the sense of having known) his yoke (lamed) being cut (zayin), who gains his freedom, exults in triumph, and greatly rejoices.
In fact, when the stronghold of belief that ‘God will help me’ is built up in the heart, the fruit of that truth is joy!
If there are questions, this is a good resource:
God will help me – Christine Miller
Training to believe and feel the truth – Christine Miller
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