Meditation Upon the PSALMS Series: Psalm 28

"Psalm 28 is another prayer by David for deliverance, one of many which he prayed when pursued by one enemy or another.
It contains a petition both for deliverance (verses 1-3), and for divine retribution (verses 4-5), before suddenly shifting to an unshakable tone of thanksgiving for the anticipated answer (see verses 6-9).

Verses 1-9: We encounter a radical shift from lamentation and prayer

to thanksgiving.
The psalmist, without regard for his unchanged circumstances, shows confidence in crisis.
David, moving through two cycles of crisis and confidence, magnifies the justice of God.
I. First Cycle: Individual in Outlook, and Terminates in Praise (28:1-7);
A. His Personal Crisis (28:1-5b);
B. His Personal Confidence (28:5c-7).
II. Second Cycle: Corporate in Outlook, and Terminates in Prayer (28:8-9);
A. His Reassurance in the Light of Corporate Confidence (28:8);
B. His Request in the Face of Corporate Crisis (28:9).

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.
David is speaking to his LORD.
He is the Rock that we build upon.

Psalm 28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto Thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
The Holy of Holies, in the tabernacle and in the temple.
Where were the ark, the mercy seat, and cherubim, between which the LORD dwelt, and gave responses to His people.

Psalm 28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief [is] in their hearts.
The wicked having flattering tongues which try to draw the believer into their sin with them.
The next Scripture tells us of a few sinners we are not to be with.
1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or

covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no not to eat.

Psalm 28:4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Reward them according to what they do.

Psalm 28:9 Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
Colossians 3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ."
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