Psalms 28:4

_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 them. "Them:" the wicked, enemies. God repays men in kind, making their sin their punishment, and the mischief which they plotted for others to recoil on themselves (Matthew 7:2; cf. the case of Haman, Esther 7:10)....

4._Give them according to their works. _Having thus requested God to have a regard to his innocence, the Psalmist thunders forth a curse against his enemies. And the accumulation of words shows that he had groaned long and grievously under the burden before he broke forth to desire such vengeance. He intimates that the wicked of whom he speaks had transgressed not once, nor for a short time, nor in one way, but that they had proceeded so far in their constant evil doings, that their audacity was no longer to be endured. We know how troublesome and grievous a temptation it is to see the ungodly proceeding without measure or end, as if God connived at their wickedness. David, therefore, wearied as it were with continual forbearing, and fainting under the burden, implores God, at length, to restrain the wantonness of his enemies, who of late ceased not to heap wickedness upon wickedness. Th...

1-5 David is very earnest in prayer. Observe his faith in prayer; God is my rock, on whom I build my hope. Believers should not rest till they have received some token that their prayers are heard. He prays that he may not be numbered with the wicked. Save me from being entangled in the snares they have laid for me. Save me from being infected with their sins, and from doing as they do. Lord, never leave me to use such arts of deceit and treachery for my safety, as they use for my ruin. Believers dread the way of sinners; the best are sensible of the danger they are in of being drawn aside: we should all pray earnestly to God for his grace to keep us. Those who are careful not to partake with sinners in their sins, have reason to hope that they shall not receive their plagues. He speaks of the just judgments of the Lord on the workers of iniquity, ver. Psalms 28:4. This is not the langu...

Verse Psalms 28:4. _GIVE THEM_] Is the same as _thou wilt give them_; a prophetic declaration of what their lot will be....

GIVE THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS - Deal righteously with them. Recompense them as they deserve. AND ACCORDING TO THE WICKEDNESS OF THEIR ENDEAVOURS - Their designs; their works; their plans. GIVE THEM AFTER THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS - Reward them according to what they do. RENDER TO THEM THEIR DESERT - A just recompense. This whole verse is a prayer that God would deal “justly” with them. There is no evidence that there is anything of vindictiveness or malice in the prayer. In itself considered, there is no impropriety in praying that “justice” may be done to the violators of law. See the general introduction, section 6....

EXPOSITION This short psalm consists of three parts: (1) a prayer for succour (Psalms 28:1, Psalms 28:2); (2) a denunciation of the wicked (Psalms 28:3); and (3) a thanksgiving for aid given, or regarded as certain to be given (Psalms 28:6). Metrically, it contains three strophes, corresponding to the three subjects, and respectively of two, three, and four verses, thus gradually increasing in length. There is _no _reason for doubting the assertion of the title, that it is "a Psalm of David," but we cannot definitely assign it to any particular p

GIVE THEM ACCORDING TO THEIR DEEDS,.... According to the demerit of them, which is death, even death eternal; AND ACCORDING TO THE WICKEDNESS OF THEIR ENDEAVOURS; for though wicked men do not always succeed; yet their want of success does not excuse their wickedness; GIVE THEM AFTER THE WORK OF THEIR HANDS; see 2 Timothy 4:14; RENDER TO THEM THEIR DESERT; what their iniquities, in thought, word, and deed, deserve: such petitions are not contrary to that Christian charity which the Gospel recommends; nor do they savour of a spirit of revenge, which is condemned by the word of God; for it should be observed, that these things are said with respect to men given up to a reprobate mind; and that the psalmist does not seek to avenge himself, nor to gratify his own mind; but he sought the glory of God, and moreover spoke by a prophetic

Psalms 28:1. _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._ Oh! if God did not hear prayer, we should become like dead men ay, like lost men. Our fall or despair would be terrible indeed. «Lest, if thou be silent to me, I become Like them that go down into the pit.» Psalms 28:2. _Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle._ Is that the way you pray, dear friend? I know there are some that, if they have uttered certain good words got through a form of prayer are perfectly satisfied. As to whether God hears them or not, that does not trouble them. But if you are a true child of God, it will be your main thought in prayer, «

Psalms 28 Prayer For Judgment and Praise For the Answer _ 1. Prayer for judgment (Psalms 28:1)_ 2. Praise for the answer (Psalms 28:6) Psalms 28:1. Their cry now increaseth because of their enemies, the enemies of Israel in the last days. They breathe out cruelty to them (Psalms 27:12). They pass through the valley of the shadow of death and if He does not answer and remains silent they be like those that go down to the pit. Hence the imprecatory prayer, “Give them according to their deeds, etc.” ...

XXVIII. Prayer for deliverance from godless Jews, and for vengeance upon them. The Ps. ends with thanksgiving and prayer for ruler and people. Psalms 28:2. Read _mg._ Psalms 28:4. Yahweh's anointed may be either a king or a high priest....