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Psalm 28:1-6

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The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield

1 To you, O Lord, I call; 1my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you 2be silent to me, I become like those who 3go down to the pit.
2 4Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I 5lift up my hands 6toward your most holy sanctuary. [a]
3 Do not 7drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, 8who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.
4 9Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; 10render them their due reward.
5 Because they 11do not regard the works of the Lord or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more.
6 Blessed be the Lord! For he has 12heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
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Psalm 28:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 28

\\<<[A Psalm] of David>>\\. This psalm, Aben Ezra says, David either composed himself, or one of the singers for him; the former seems most likely; and it might be made by him when he was persecuted by Saul, or when delivered from him; or at least when he had faith and hope that he should be delivered: the psalm consists of two parts, petitions and thanksgivings.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 12

  • 1. 28:1 See Ps. 18:2
  • 2. 28:1 Ps. 35:22; 39:12; 83:1; 109:1
  • 3. 28:1 Ps. 88:4; 143:7
  • 4. 28:2 Ps. 140:6
  • 5. 28:2 Ps. 134:2; 141:2; Lam. 2:19; 1 Tim. 2:8; [Ps. 119:48]
  • 6. 28:2 Ps. 5:7; 138:2; [1 Kgs. 8:29]
  • 7. 28:3 [Ps. 26:9; Ezek. 32:20]
  • 8. 28:3 Jer. 9:8; [Ps. 5:9; 12:2; 55:21; 62:4]
  • 9. 28:4 Jer. 50:15, 29; Rev. 18:6; [2 Tim. 4:14]
  • 10. 28:4 [Ps. 137:8]
  • 11. 28:5 Isa. 5:12; [Job 34:27]
  • 12. 28:6 ver. 2

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 28:2 Hebrew 'your innermost sanctuary'
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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