Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 28:2

"Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle." — Psalms 28:2 (ASV)

Lift up my hands. — For interesting illustrations of this Eastern custom, see Exodus 9:29; 1 Kings 8:22, and other examples. Compare the well-known line:

“If, knowing God, they do not lift hands of prayer.”

TENNYSON: Morte d’Arthur.

Holy oracle. — It is better rendered as the shrine of your sanctuary (see margin) — that is, the holy of holies, the adytum, or inner recess of the Temple in which the ark was placed, as we see from 1 Kings 6:19–22. The Hebrew word, which is of doubtful derivation, is, with the exception of this place, only found in Kings and Chronicles. The margin, “the oracle of your sanctuary,” is a better rendering than the text.