Psalms 28:1-7

A Prayer for Help, and Praise for Its Answer.

1 To You, O LORD, I call; My 1rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You 2are silent to me, I will become like those who 3go down to the pit.
2 Hear the 4voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help, When I 5lift up my hands 6toward Your holy 7sanctuary.
3 8Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who work iniquity, Who 9speak peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts.
4 Requite them 10according to their work and according to the evil of their practices; Requite them according to the deeds of their hands; Repay them their recompense.
5 Because they 11do not regard the works of the LORD Nor the deeds of His hands, He will tear them down and not build them up.
6 Blessed be the LORD, Because He 12has heard the voice of my supplication.
7 The LORD is my 13strength and my 14shield; My heart 15trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore 16my heart exults, And with 17my song I shall thank Him.

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Cross References 17

  • 1. Psalms 18:2
  • 2. Psalms 35:22; Psalms 39:12; Psalms 83:1
  • 3. Psalms 88:4; Psalms 143:7; Proverbs 1:12
  • 4. Psalms 140:6
  • 5. Psalms 134:2; Psalms 141:2; Lamentations 2:19; 1 Timothy 2:8
  • 6. Psalms 5:7; Psalms 138:2
  • 7. 1 Kings 6:5
  • 8. Psalms 26:9
  • 9. Psalms 12:2; Psalms 55:21; Psalms 62:4; Jeremiah 9:8
  • 10. Psalms 62:12; 2 Timothy 4:14; Revelation 18:6; Revelation 22:12
  • 11. Isaiah 5:12
  • 12. Psalms 28:2
  • 13. Psalms 18:2; Psalms 59:17
  • 14. Psalms 3:3
  • 15. Psalms 13:5; Psalms 112:7
  • 16. Psalms 16:9
  • 17. Psalms 40:3; Psalms 69:30

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Lit "the innermost place of Your sanctuary"
  • [b]. Or "dealings"
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