Psalm 28 - through David - O Lord, my Rock, I call to Thee

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God's speaking is holy and makes us holy (<A HREF="psalm_28_m.htm#jn17_14" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>Jn 17:17-19; Eph 5:26-27</U></A>)</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="psalm_28_m.htm#3" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>v3</U></A> <A NAME="n3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> -  We should pray as David did, for the Lord to not draw us off to follow others to be like this. We do not know what is in others' hearts, but we should pray to not be like this, because the tendency is in us. If we think it would never happen to us, that opens the door to it. </div> <bR> <div> Lawless workers, or workers of iniquity, refers especially to religious workers (<A HREF="psalm_28_m.htm#mt7_22" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>Mt 7:22-23</U></A>) as evidenced in <A HREF="psalm_28_m.htm#5" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>v5</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="psalm_28_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>v4</U></A> <A NAME="n4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>- "as they dealt <I>with others</I>" is literally "as they dealt wickedly <I>with others</I>". The "with others" is implied because the verb has to do with relationships (<A HREF="http://www.blueletterbible.org/help/twot.cfm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.blueletterbible.org/help/twot"><U>TWOT</U></A>).</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="psalm_28_m.htm#5" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>v5</U></A> <A NAME="n5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> - "works" is the same word as in <A HREF="psalm_28_m.htm#3" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>v3 & v4</U></A>. To serve the Lord, we must have faith to discern His works and what He is doing. The lawless workers think everything depends on their doing instead of seeking the Lord's blessing and the Lord's discipline.</div> <bR> <div> Why would it say "He will not build them up" regarding evil workers? It should be more than obvious that the Lord would not build up evil workers. It is because they appear to be righteous, and they and others think that the Lord will build up their work for Him (<A HREF="psalm_28_m.htm#1cor3_12" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>1 Cor 3:12-21</U></A>).</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_28_m.htm#7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>v7</U></A> <A NAME="n7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> - "My heart trusts Him" and "My heart leaps for joy" means that his inner person does this without trying or willing to do so. </div> <bR> <div> From the Hebrew structure of this verse, the 1st 3 are in sequence: My heart trusts Him -> I am helped -> My heart leaps for joy. The last one "and with my song I will praise Him" is joined differently such that it is not in sequence, but occurs simultaneously with the previous 3. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial" >In the case of the 1st 3, the "and" is attached to the verb, but in the last phrase, the "and" is attached to "with my song". </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="psalm_28_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>v8</U></A> <A NAME="n8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> -  These next 2 verses are David's song of praise in v7.</div> <bR> <div> "His people's strength" comes from the LXX. MT says "their strength". The words "His people's" and "their" are both pronounced <I>lamo </I>in Hebrew, but spelled differently. I think the LXX is correct because there is no antecedent for "their". In either case, the meaning is "His people" according to v9.</div> <bR> <div> The Lord is His people's strength, but not their strength to save, because we cannot save ourselves. We need the Lord's Messiah to save us.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="psalm_28_m.htm#9" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>v 9</U></A> <A NAME="9_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> - 4 prayers for the Lord's people connected by "and" meaning that they all go together. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003300" FACE="Arial" >In this sequence the verbs are all imperative, so they are not necessarily sequential, but could be simultaneous.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> -copyright Steve Miller 2010</div> <div> written 11/5/2010</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Psalm 28</B> through David</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1021" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1021"><U>Tune: </U></A><A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1021" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1021"><U>#</U></A><A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1021" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1021"><U>1021 All Sinners are the Slaves of Sin (Auld Lang Syne) </U></A><A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1021" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1021"><U> 8.6.8.6.</U></A><A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1021" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/1021"><U>D.</U></A></div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-685/e1021AllSinnersAreSlaves.mid" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> audio file from<A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net"><U> hymnal.net</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="psalm_28_l.htm#n2" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>1</U></A> O LORD, my Rock, I call to Thee, <A NAME="1_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> to hear me refuse not. </div> <div> Lest, if You be silent to me, </div> <div> I descend to the pit. </div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_28_l.htm#n2_1" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>2 </U></A> Hear the voice of my entreaty,  <A NAME="2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> as I cry unto Thee, </div> <div> as I lift up my hands unto </div> <div> Thy oracle holy.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="psalm_28_l.htm#n3" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>3</U></A>  With wicked, draw me not away, <A NAME="3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div>  nor with lawless workers,</div> <div> While mischief in their hearts <I>holds sway</I>,</div> <div> they speak peace with neighbors.</div> <div>  <A HREF="psalm_28_l.htm#n4" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>4</U></A>  According to their works give them,  <A NAME="4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> as they dealt <I>with others</I>. </div> <div> As their hands did, so You give them.</div> <div> Render them their desert,</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="psalm_28_l.htm#n5" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>5</U></A>  for the LORD's works they discern not,  <A NAME="5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> nor doings of His hands.</div> <div> He will tear down and build up not</div> <div> <I>their buildings built on sand</I>.</div> <div> 6 Bless'd be the LORD for He heard my<I> <A NAME="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> entreaty with my voice.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_28_l.htm#n7" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>7</U></A> My heart trusts Him, and helped am I,</div> <div> and my heart leaps for joy,</div> <bR> <div> and with my song Him will I praise.  <A NAME="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> </div> <div>  <A HREF="psalm_28_l.htm#n8" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>8</U></A>  The LORD's His people's strength,</div> <div> and His Messiah's strength to save</div> <div> <I>unto the uttermost.</I></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_28_l.htm#9_1" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 28 through David O Lord, my Rock"><U>9</U></A> Save Your people, and bless Your <I>own</I>    <A NAME="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> inheritance <I>holy</I>,</div> <div> and shepherd them, and lift them up</div> <div> until eternity.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Jn 17:14 <A NAME="jn17_14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>  I have given  them  Your word, and the world has hated  them , because they are not of the world even as I am not of the world.  15  I do not ask that You would take  them  out of the world, but that You would keep  them  out of the hands of the evil one.  16  They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.  17  Sanctify   them  in the truth; Your word is truth.  18  As you have sent Me into the world, I also have sent  them  into the world.  19  And for their sake I  sanctify  Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.  </div> <div> Eph 5:26  That He might  sanctify   her , cleansing  her  by the washing of the water in the word,  27  That He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish. </div> <bR> <div> Mt 7:22 <A NAME="mt7_22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>  Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, was it not in Your name that we prophesied, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name did many works  of  power?  23  And then I will declare to them: I never knew you. Depart from Me, you  workers   of   lawlessness . </div> <div> <I> </I></div> <div>  1 Cor 3:12 <A NAME="1cor3_12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>  But if anyone  builds  upon the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, stubble,  13  The work of each will become manifest; for the day will declare it, because it is revealed by fire, and the fire itself will prove each one's work, of what sort it is.  14  If anyone's work which he has built upon the foundation remains, he will receive a reward;  15  If anyone's work is consumed, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.  16  Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?  17  If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, and such are you.  18  Let no one deceive himself; if anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this age, let him become foolish that he may become wise.  19  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, ``He grasps the wise in their craftiness'';  20  And again, ``The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.''  21  So then let no one boast in men, for all things are yours,  22  Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all are yours,</div> <bR> <bR> <div> -copyright Steve Miller 2010</div> <div> written 11/52010</div> </td> </tr></table></body>