Psalms 28
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A prayer in trouble
Verse 1
WEB By David. To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
KJV A Psalm of David. 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.
TSK Unto: ps 3:4, ps 5:2, ps 22:2, ps 77:1, ps 142:1; O: ps 18:2, ps 42:9, isa 26:4; be: ps 35:22, ps 83:1; I become: ps 30:9, ps 69:15, ps 88:4-6, ps 143:7, job 33:28, pr 1:12, isa 38:18, re 20:3
Verse 2
WEB Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
KJV Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
TSK when: ps 63:4, ps 125:5, ps 134:2, ps 141:2, ps 143:6, 2ch 6:13, 1ti 2:8; thy holy oracle: ps 5:7, ps 138:2, 1ki 6:19,22,23, 1ki 8:6-8,28-30,38, da 6:10
Verse 3
WEB Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
KJV 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.
TSK Draw: ps 26:9, nu 16:26, mt 25:41,46; speak: ps 12:2, ps 55:21, ps 62:4, jer 9:8,9, mic 3:5, mt 22:15-18; mischief: ps 7:14, ps 10:7,14, ps 36:4, ps 52:1, pr 26:23-26
Verse 4
WEB Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
KJV 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.
TSK Give: ps 5:10, ps 59:12,13, ps 69:22-24, jer 18:21-23, 2ti 4:14, re 18:6; and: ps 2:1-5, ps 21:10, eze 38:10; the work: ps 62:12, ps 103:10, ps 109:17-21, ps 103:3,4, ro 2:6-8, ro 11:22; render: ezr 9:13
Verse 5
WEB Because they don’t respect the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
KJV Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
TSK Because: ps 10:5, ps 92:4-6, ps 104:24, ps 111:2-4, job 34:26,27, isa 5:12, isa 22:11, isa 26:9-11, ho 14:9, joh 12:37, ro 1:20,28; operation: ps 8:3, ps 19:1,2, nu 23:23, isa 40:26, isa 45:8,12,18, jer 10:12,13, eph 1:19-21; not build: 2sa 7:13,27, 1ki 11:38, jer 31:4, jer 32:20,21
Thanksgiving for salvation
Verse 6
WEB Blessed be Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
KJV Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
TSK Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.: ps 31:21,22, ps 66:19,20, ps 69:33,34, ps 107:19-22, ps 116:1,2, ps 118:5
Verse 7
WEB Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
KJV 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.
TSK strength: ps 28:8, ps 18:1,2, ps 19:14, ps 46:1, isa 12:2, isa 45:24, eph 6:10; shield: ps 84:11, ps 91:4, ge 15:1; heart: ps 13:5, ps 22:4, ps 56:3,4, ps 118:6-9,13-15; therefore: ps 16:9-11, ps 21:1, ps 30:11,12, ps 33:21, ps 68:3,4, isa 61:10; with: ps 96:1-3, ex 15:1-21, jud 5:1-31, 1sa 2:1-11, 2sa 22:1-51, re 5:9, re 15:3
Verse 9
WEB Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
KJV Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
TSK Save: ps 14:7, ps 25:22, ps 80:14-19, jer 31:7; bless: de 9:29, 2sa 21:3, 1ki 8:51,53, jer 10:16, eph 1:18; feed: ps 78:71, 2sa 7:7, isa 40:11, eze 34:23,24, mic 5:2,4, mic 7:14, mt 2:6; lift: ezr 1:4