Psalms 28:3

Take 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.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Hear my loud entreaty, as I cry for help to you, lifting my hands, O Lord, towards your holy chancel.

4Give 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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Cross References

Psalms 7:14The enemy who conceives evil; pregnant with mischief, giving birth to lies,

Psalms 10:14You have seen the trouble and sorrow; you mark it all, and will take it in hand. The hapless can count on you, helper of orphans.

Psalms 26:9Do not gather me up with sinners; slay me not with people of blood,

Psalms 52:1Why glory in mischief, you hero? God’s kindness is all the day.

Psalms 62:4From his height they are planning to topple him. They take pleasure in falsehood; they bless with their mouth, but inwardly they curse. Selah

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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