Shīpiān 28:4

4 Yuàn nǐ àn zhe tāmen suǒ zuò de , bìng tāmen suǒ xíng de è shì dāi tāmen . yuàn nǐ zhào zhe tāmen shǒu suǒ zuò de dāi tāmen . jiāng tāmen suǒ yīngdé de bàoyìng jiā gĕi tāmen .

Shīpiān 28:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 28:4

Give them according to their deeds
According to the demerit of them, which is death, even death eternal;

and according to the wickedness of their endeavours;
for though wicked men do not always succeed; yet their want of success does not excuse their wickedness;

give them after the work of their hands;
see ( 2 Timothy 4:14 ) ;

render to them their desert;
what their iniquities, in thought, word, and deed, deserve: such petitions are not contrary to that Christian charity which the Gospel recommends; nor do they savour of a spirit of revenge, which is condemned by the word of God; for it should be observed, that these things are said with respect to men given up to a reprobate mind; and that the psalmist does not seek to avenge himself, nor to gratify his own mind; but he sought the glory of God, and moreover spoke by a prophetic spirit, knowing what was the will of God in this case; see ( Psalms 28:5 ) ; and therefore these petitions of his are not to be drawn into an example in common and ordinary cases.

Shīpiān 28:4 In-Context

2 Wǒ hū qiú nǐ , xiàng nǐ zhì shèng suǒ jǔ shǒu de shíhou , qiú nǐ chuí tīng wǒ kĕnqiú de shēngyīn .

3 Búyào bǎ wǒ hé è rén , bìng zuò niè de , yītóng chúdiào . tāmen yǔ línshè shuō hépíng huà , xīnli què shì jiān è .

4 Yuàn nǐ àn zhe tāmen suǒ zuò de , bìng tāmen suǒ xíng de è shì dāi tāmen . yuàn nǐ zhào zhe tāmen shǒu suǒ zuò de dāi tāmen . jiāng tāmen suǒ yīngdé de bàoyìng jiā gĕi tāmen .

5 Tāmen jìrán bù liú xīn Yēhéhuá suǒ xíng de , hé tā shǒu suǒ zuò de , tā jiù bì huǐhuaì tāmen , bú jiànlì tāmen .

6 Yēhéhuá shì yīngdāng chēngsòng de , yīnwei tā tīng le wǒ kĕnqiú de shēngyīn .