Psalms 28

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From Plea to Confident Praise

1Of David. To you, Yahweh, I call out; my Rock, do not be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent toward me, I become like those who go down to the pit.

2Hear the sound of my pleas for mercy when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your holy inner sanctuary.

3Do not drag me off with the wicked, with those who do iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their heart.

4Give to them according to their deeds, and according to the evil of their doings; according to the work of their hands give to them; render back to them their due reward.

5Because they do not discern the deeds of Yahweh, nor the work of his hands, he will tear them down and not build them up.

6Blessed be Yahweh, for he has heard the sound of my pleas for mercy.

7Yahweh is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusted, and I was helped; so my heart exults, and with my song I give him thanks.

8Yahweh is strength for them, and he is a stronghold of salvation for his anointed.

9Save your people and bless your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.

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Cross-references in this chapter

Where this passage connects across Scripture — each link typed and reasoned, part of the AIT Bible Nexus Chart.

From Plea to Confident Praise

allusion Isaiah 40:11 — Shared shepherd imagery of God carrying his flock.
echoed in Lamentations 3:55 — Both petition Yahweh to repay enemies according to the work of their hands.
allusion Psalms 18:2 — Shared distinctive address of Yahweh as 'my Rock' in a plea for deliverance.
echoed in Psalms 88:1 — Shared imagery of being counted among those who go down to the pit.
echoed in Psalms 134:1 — Shared gesture of lifting up hands toward the holy sanctuary in worship.
echoed in Psalms 143:1 — Shared plea not to be left silent lest one become like those who go down to the pit.
thematic Deuteronomy 9:29 — Both call God's people his 'inheritance' as the object of his saving care.
thematic Psalms 30:3 — Both describe deliverance from death using the imagery of going down to the pit.
thematic Psalms 62:12 — Both express God rendering to people according to their deeds/work.
thematic Psalms 23:1 — Both develop the shepherd motif of Yahweh caring for and leading his people.
thematic Psalms 5:7 — Both express worship directed toward God's holy temple/sanctuary.
thematic Psalms 12:1 — Both describe those who speak peace to their neighbors while harboring evil in their hearts.
thematic Psalms 26:1 — Both plead not to be swept away/dragged off together with the wicked and workers of iniquity.
thematic Revelation 22:12 — Both articulate the principle of God repaying each according to his work.

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