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Psalms 28:4 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve. "
Psalms 28:4
Verse in Context
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2 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
3 Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
5 Because they don’t respect the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
6 Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
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Psalms 28:1
"To you, LORD, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit."
Psalms 28:2
"Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place."
Psalms 28:3
"Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts."
Psalms 28:5
"Because they don’t respect the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up."
Psalms 28:6
"Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my petitions."
Psalms 28:7
"The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him."
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