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Psalm 28:3-5
The Voice
Psalm 28:3-5
The Voice
This Davidic psalm pleads with God to spare him and repay his enemies. It would be difficult to locate this psalm in any one event. During his life David faced many threats from different enemies; not only were these threats from outside his realm, but some of his most difficult challenges came from inside his own family.
3 I beg You; don’t punish me with the most heinous men.
They spend their days doing evil.
Even when they engage their neighbors in pleasantness,
they are scheming against them.
4 Pay them back for their deeds;
hold them accountable for their malice.
Give them what they deserve.
5 Because these are people who have no respect for You, O Eternal,
they ignore everything You have done.
So He will tear them down with His powerful hands;
never will they be built again.
Psalm 28:3-5
New International Version
Psalm 28:3-5
New International Version
3 Do not drag me away with the wicked,
with those who do evil,
who speak cordially with their neighbors
but harbor malice in their hearts.(A)
4 Repay them for their deeds
and for their evil work;
repay them for what their hands have done(B)
and bring back on them what they deserve.(C)
5 Because they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord
and what his hands have done,(D)
he will tear them down
and never build them up again.
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