Psalms 28:4

Give them as they have done, as their wicked deeds deserve. As their hands have wrought, so give to them: requite to them their deserts.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3Take me not off with the wicked, nor with the workers of wrong, whose speech to their neighbors is friendly, while evil is in their heart.

5They are blind to all that the Lord does, to all that his hands have wrought; and so he will tear them down, to build them up no more.

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Cross References

Psalms 5:10Condemn them, God; let their schemes bring them down to the ground. For their numberless crimes thrust them down for playing the rebel against you.

Psalms 59:12In their sinful speech snare them, O Lord; and may they be trapped in their pride, for the curses and lies that they utter.

Psalms 69:22May their table, outspread, be a trap to them, and their peace-offerings be a snare.

Psalms 103:10Not after our sins has he dealt with us, nor requited us after our wickedness.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 28:2-6

Prayer for Deliverance. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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