Psalm 28

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1 To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

2 Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.

4 Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

5 Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.

6 Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

8 The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.

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Chapter summary

'Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: my rock, be not thou deaf unto me', lest silence make him like them that go down into the pit.

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'Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: my rock, be not thou deaf unto me', lest silence make him like them that go down into the pit. He lifts hands toward the holy oracle, asks not to be drawn away with the wicked who regard not the works of Jehovah. Then the answer: 'Blessed be Jehovah, because he hath heard… Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped.' He is a stronghold to his anointed. 'Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: be their shepherd also.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Poetry · David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, others — Psalms overview

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