Psalms 28 (GNV)

Chapter Text

28:1 A Psalme of David. Unto thee, O Lord, doe I crie: O my strength, be not deafe toward mee, lest, if thou answere me not, I be like them that goe downe into the pit.

28:2 Heare the voyce of my petitions, when I crie vnto thee, when I holde vp mine handes towarde thine holy Oracle.

28:3 Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.

28:4 Reward them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their inuentions: recompense them after the woorke of their handes: render them their reward.

28:5 For they regarde not the woorkes of the Lord, nor the operation of his handes: therefore breake them downe, and builde them not vp.

28:6 Praised be the Lord, for he hath heard the voyce of my petitions.

28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shielde: mine heart trusted in him, and I was helped: therfore mine heart shall reioyce, and with my song will I praise him.

28:8 The Lord is their strength, and he is the strength of the deliuerances of his anointed.

28:9 Saue thy people, and blesse thine inheritance: feede them also, and exalt them for euer.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "psalme", "david", "thee", "lord", "crie", "strength", "deafe", and "toward". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "psalme" and "david", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "psalme" and "david" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "psalme" and "david" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.