Psalm 28:1-5

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.

Psalm 28:1-5 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

• 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

Footnotes

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