Psalms 28:5

For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

6Blessed [is] Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

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Cross References

Numbers 23:23For no enchantment [is] against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!

2 Samuel 7:27For Thou, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant, saying, A house I build for thee, therefore hath Thy servant found his heart to pray unto Thee this prayer;

Job 34:26As wicked He hath stricken them, In the place of beholders.

Psalms 10:5Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them.

Psalms 92:4For Thou hast caused me to rejoice, O Jehovah, in Thy work, Concerning the works of Thy hands I sing.

Psalms 111:2Great [are] the works of Jehovah, Sought out by all desiring them.

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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