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Psalms 28

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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. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. 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. 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. Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

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Psalms 28:1

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"Unto You, O Lord, have I cried; My God, be not silent from me" [Psalm 28:1]. Unto You, O Lord, have I cried; My God, separate not the unity of Your Word from that which as Man I am. "Lest at any time Thou be silent from me: and I shall be like them that go down into the pit." For from this, that the Eternity of Your Word ceases not to unite Itself to Me, it comes that I am not such a man as the rest of men, who are born into the deep misery of this world: where, as if You are silent, Your Word is not recognised.

Exposition on Psalm 28 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

In the preceding Psalm the Psalmist showed the confidence he has in God; here, lest he fail in confidence, he adds a Psalm of prayer. The title is "A Psalm of David himself." According to the letter, it is said that certain Psalms pertained to the person of David, among which is this one, as though this one pertains to David himself. Or "to this one," because he himself composed it and sang this and others by himself. Mystically, this Psalm is entitled not to the figurative David, but to the true David, namely Christ. …

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