Psalms 28:1-7

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.
7 The LORD is my strength and 13my shield; in him my heart 14trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my 15song I give thanks to him.

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Psalms 28:1-7 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.

Cross References 15

  • 1. See Psalms 18:2
  • 2. Psalms 35:22; Psalms 39:12; Psalms 83:1; Psalms 109:1
  • 3. Psalms 88:4; Psalms 143:7
  • 4. Psalms 140:6
  • 5. Psalms 134:2; Psalms 141:2; Lamentations 2:19; 1 Timothy 2:8; [Psalms 119:48]
  • 6. Psalms 5:7; Psalms 138:2; [1 Kings 8:29]
  • 7. [Psalms 26:9; Ezekiel 32:20]
  • 8. Jeremiah 9:8; [Psalms 5:9; Psalms 12:2; Psalms 55:21; Psalms 62:4]
  • 9. Jeremiah 50:15, 29; Revelation 18:6; [2 Timothy 4:14]
  • 10. [Psalms 137:8]
  • 11. Isaiah 5:12; [Job 34:27]
  • 12. ver. 2
  • 13. See Psalms 3:3
  • 14. See Psalms 11:1
  • 15. Psalms 69:30

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew your innermost sanctuary
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