Psalms 28:3-9

3 Draw me not away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

4 Give to them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give to them according to the work of their hands; render to them their deserts.

5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them and not build them up.

6 Blessed be the LORD, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications!

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise Him.

8 The LORD is their strength, and He is the saving strength of His anointed.

9 Save the people, and bless Thine inheritance; feed them also, and lift them up forever.

Psalms 28:3-9 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.