28:3-5It's easy to pretend friendship. Wicked people often put on a show of kindness or friendship in order to gain their own ends. David, in his royal position, may have met many who pretended friendship only to meet their own needs. David knew that God would punish these people eventually, but he prayed that their punishment would come swiftly. True believers should be straightforward and sincere in all their relationships.
Life Application Study BiblePsalmsChapter 28
Psalm 28
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28Psalm 28
Author: David
128 A psalm of David.T pray to you, O LORD, my rock.Do not turn a deaf ear to me.For if you are silent,I might as well give up and die.
2Listen to my prayer for mercyas I cry out to you for help,as I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary.
3Do not drag me away with the wicked—with those who do evil—those who speak friendly words to their neighborswhile planning evil in their hearts.
4Give them the punishment they so richly deserve!Measure it out in proportion to their wickedness.Pay them back for all their evil deeds!Give them a taste of what they have done to others.
5They care nothing for what the LORD has doneor for what his hands have made.So he will tear them down,and they will never be rebuilt!& Praise the LORD!For he has heard my cry for mercy.
7The LORD is my strength and shield.I trust him with all my heart.He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy.I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.
8The LORD gives his people strength.He is a safe fortress for his anointed king.
9Save your people!Bless Israel, your special possession.*Lead them like a shepherd,and carry them in your arms forever.Theme: God reveals his great power in nature. We can trust God 'peace and the strength to weather the storms of life.
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- 28:9 Hebrew Bless your inheritance.
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1:18-23). The same power that raised Christ from the dead is available to heip us with our daily problems. When you feel weak and limited, don’t despair. Remember that God can give you strength. The same power that controls creation and raises the dead is available to you. 30:1ff David may have written this psalm when he dedicated Araunah’s threshing floor (which became the future site of the Temple), after God stopped the great plague he had used to discipline David (1 Chronicles 21:1-22:6). The serious illness mentioned in 30:2, 3 may refer to an illness David experienced or to the plague itself.