Psalm 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.

{2} Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,
when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

{3} 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.

{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.

{5} Because they regard not the works of the LORD,
nor the operation of his hands,
he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

{6} Blessed be the LORD,
because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
{7} 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.

{8} The LORD is their strength,
and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
{9} Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance:
feed them also, and lift them up for ever."

Verse 6 presents a shift in perspective. Before (verse 2) he asks, "hear the voice of my supplications." Now he declares, " Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications." It is a statement of faith, because it is in the same prayer. Nothing has happened, but he has made his prayer toward God’s holiest place and he knows that God has heard it.

On the other hand, this is not merely a private prayer, but music for performance. One would expect a change in key or in mood as verse 6 begins.

Verses 4-5 asks that the wicked get what they deserve " Because they regard not the works of the LORD." There are overtones here of Paul’s "Because they did not like to retain God in their knowledge." We should, therefore, retain in our prayers and our worship an acknowledgment of the works of God.

But more than that. We should not forget to pray against the works of "The Wicked." It requires no judgment against any person, for the the Wicked is never named in the psalms. The wicked are identified by their works. We cannot judge men's hearts, but we can judge their works.

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