Psalms 28:1-6

A Prayer for Help, and Joy in Its Answer

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A psalm of David.

1 To you, O Yahweh, I call. O my rock, do not be deaf to me. Or else, if you are silent to me, then I will become like those descending to [the] pit.

2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your holy inner sanctuary.

3 Do not drag me away with [the] wicked or with [the] workers of evil, [who] speak of peace with their neighbors, while evil [is] in their heart.

4 Give to them according to their work, even according to the evil of their deeds. Give to them according to the work of their hands; repay them their rightful due.

5 Because they do not regard the works of Yahweh, nor the work of his hands, he will destroy them and not rebuild them.

6 Blessed [is] Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my supplications.

Psalms 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm