Psalm 28
BSB
The LORD Is My Strength
Of David.
1To 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.
2Hear my cry for mercy
when I call to You for help,
when I lift up my hands
toward Your holy sanctuary.
3Do 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.
4Repay 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.
5Since 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.
6Blessed be the LORD,
for He has heard my cry for mercy.
7The 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.
8The LORD is the strength of His people,
a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
9Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;
shepherd them and carry them forever.
Introduction
Psalms 28
The former part of this psalm is the prayer of a saint militan and now in distress (Psa 28:1-3), to which is added the doom of God's implacable enemies (Psa 28:4, Psa 28:5). The latter part of the psalm is the thanksgiving of a saint triumphant, and delivered out of his distresses (Psa 28:6-8), to which is added a prophetical prayer for all God's faithful loyal subjects (Psa 28:9). So that it is hard to say which of these two conditions David was in when he penned it. Some think he was now in trouble seeking God, but at the same time preparing to praise him for his deliverance, and by faith giving him thanks for it, before it was wrought. Others think he was now in triumph, but remembered, and recorded for his own and others' benefit, the prayers he made when he was in affliction, that the mercy might relish the better, when it appeared to be an answer to them.
A psalm of David.
Cross-references: Ps 28:1 · Ps 28:4 · Ps 28:5 · Ps 28:6 · Ps 28:9