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Psalms 28

Introduction

1  David prays earnestly against his enemies;
6  and for the people.
Verse 1

Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Unto
3:4, 5:2, 22:2, 77:1, 142:1
O
18:2, 42:9, Isaiah 26:4; *marg:
be
35:22, 83:1
to
Heb. from. I become.
30:9, 69:15, 88:4-6, 143:7, Job 33:28, Proverbs 1:12, Isaiah 38:18, Revelation 20:3
Verse 2

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
when
63:4, 125:5, 134:2, 141:2, 143:6, 2 Chronicles 6:13, 1 Timothy 2:8
thy holy oracle
or, the oracle of thy sanctuary.
5:7, 138:2, 1 Kings 6:19,22,23, 8:6-8,28-30,38, Daniel 6:10
Verse 3

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Draw
26:9, Numbers 16:26, Matthew 25:41,46
speak
12:2, 55:21, 62:4, Jeremiah 9:8,9, Micah 3:5, Matthew 22:15-18
mischief
7:14, 10:7,14, 36:4, 52:1, Proverbs 26:23-26
Verse 4

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Give
5:10, 59:12,13, 69:22-24, Jeremiah 18:21-23, 2 Timothy 4:14, Revelation 18:6
and
2:1-5, 21:10, Ezekiel 38:10
the work
62:12, 103:10, 109:17-21, 103:3,4, Romans 2:6-8, 11:22
render
Ezra 9:13
Verse 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.
Because
10:5, 92:4-6, 104:24, 111:2-4, Job 34:26,27, Isaiah 5:12, 22:11, Isaiah 26:9-11, Hosea 14:9, John 12:37, Romans 1:20,28
operation
8:3, 19:1,2, Numbers 23:23, Isaiah 40:26, 45:8,12,18, Jeremiah 10:12,13, Ephesians 1:19-21
not build
2 Samuel 7:13,27, 1 Kings 11:38, Jeremiah 31:4, 32:20,21
Verse 6

Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
31:21,22, 66:19,20, 69:33,34, 107:19-22, 116:1,2, 118:5
Verse 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.
strength
8, 18:1,2, 19:14, 46:1, Isaiah 12:2, 45:24, Ephesians 6:10
shield
84:11, 91:4, Genesis 15:1
heart
13:5, 22:4, 56:3,4, 118:6-9,13-15
therefore
16:9-11, 21:1, 30:11,12, 33:21, 68:3,4, Isaiah 61:10
with
96:1-3, Exodus 15:1-21, Judges 5:1-31, 1 Samuel 2:1-11, 2 Samuel 22:1-51, Revelation 5:9, Revelation 15:3
Verse 8

The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
their
or, his. saving strength. Heb. strength of salvations. his.
2:2, 20:6, 1 Samuel 16:13, Isaiah 61:1
Verse 9

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
Save
14:7, 25:22, 80:14-19, Jeremiah 31:7
bless
Deuteronomy 9:29, 2 Samuel 21:3, 1 Kings 8:51,53, Jeremiah 10:16, Ephesians 1:18
feed
or, rule.
78:71, 2 Samuel 7:7, Isaiah 40:11, Ezekiel 34:23,24, Micah 5:2,4, 7:14, Matthew 2:6; *marg:
lift
Ezra 1:4; *marg:

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