Psalms 28:4

Psalms 28:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Repay them for their deeds and for their evil work; repay them for what their hands have done and bring back on them what they deserve.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Give them according to their deeds, And according to the wickedness of their endeavors; Give them according to the work of their hands; Render to them what they deserve.

Context of Psalms 28:4

2Hear me when I call to you for help. Please be kind to me. I am lifting up my hands towards your Most Holy Place. 3Do not pull me away to punishment, as you do with wicked people. Those people do evil things. They say kind words to their friends, but really they want to hurt them. Punish them for their sins. Give back to them what they deserve! Yes, punish them! That is the fair thing to do. 5They do not want to understand the things that the Lord has done, or the things that he has made. The Lord will punish them, and he will remove them for ever. 6We should praise the Lord! He has been kind to me, when I called to him for help.

Psalms 28:4 word by word

תֶּן־לָהֶ֣ם כְּפָעֳלָם֮ וּכְרֹ֪עַ מַֽעַלְלֵ֫יהֶ֥ם כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יְ֭דֵיהֶם תֵּ֣ן לָהֶ֑ם הָשֵׁ֖ב גְּמוּלָ֣ם לָהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• them according to their deedsפֹּ֫עַלpô‛al · workH6467
• and according to the wickednessרֹעַrôa‛ · evilH7455
• of their endeavoursמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
• them after the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• of their handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• renderשׁוּבshûb · to return: payH7725
• to them their desertגְּמוּלgemûl · recompenseH1576

Cross-references for Psalms 28:4

• Psalms 5:10God, say that they are guilty! Let their own wicked ideas bring punishment to them. Send them away because they do so many bad things. Yes, they have turned against you.
• Psalms 59:12They speak bad words that are evil. Let their own pride catch them in a trap, because they curse people, and they tell lies.
• Psalms 69:22Please God, cause their feasts to become a trap for them. Let it bring trouble to them and their friends.
• Jeremiah 18:21So now I ask you to punish them! Yes, may famine kill their children. May they die in war. May wives no longer have husbands or children. May disease kill the old men. May the young men die in battle.
• 2 Timothy 4:14Alexander, the man who makes things from metal, caused a lot of trouble for me. The Lord will punish him because of the wrong things that he did.
• Revelation 18:6Yes, punish the people of that city. Do to them the same things that they have done to others. Punish them with twice the bad things that they themselves have done. She caused people to drink pain from her cup. Now make her drink twice as much pain for herself!
• Psalms 2:1Why are nations making plans to turn against the Lord? All their plans will fail!
• Psalms 21:10You will remove your enemies' children from the earth. They will no longer have any descendants.
• Ezekiel 38:10This is what the Almighty Lord says: On that day you will have evil thoughts. You will decide to do a wicked thing.
• Psalms 62:12And also, my Lord, you have a faithful love. You pay back to everybody what they should get for the things that they have done.
• Psalms 103:10We should receive much punishment for the bad things that we do. But the Lord does not punish us so much.
• Psalms 109:17He loved to curse people. Now may those curses happen to him! He never asked God to bless other people, so nobody will ask God to bless him!
• Psalms 103:3He forgives all my sins. He makes me well again when I am ill.
• Romans 2:6He will give to each person what they ought to have because of the things that they have done.
• Romans 11:22So you should think about what God is like. He is kind, but he also punishes people. He has punished Israel's people, because they turned away from him. He has been kind to you. But you must continue to accept his kind gift. If you do not do that, he will break you off from his tree as well.
• Ezra 9:13All these bad things have happened to us because we are guilty of many wicked things. But, our God, you still have not punished us as much as we deserve. You have let some of us remain alive.

Commentaries on Psalms 28:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Give them - Is the same as thou wilt give them; a prophetic declaration of what their lot will be.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Give them according to their deeds - Deal righteously with them. Recompense them as they deserve. And according to the wickedness of their endeavours - Their designs; their works; their plans. Give them after the work of their hands - Reward them according to what they do. Render to them their desert - A just recompense. This whole verse is a prayer that God would deal “justly” with them. There is no evidence that there is anything of vindictiveness or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5The psalmist asks God to punish his enemies and prove his innocence.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. The imprecation is justified in Psa 28:5. The force of the passage is greatly enhanced by the accumulation of terms describing their sin. endeavours--points out their deliberate sinfulness.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 28:4

• Prayer
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Psalms 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings