Psalms 28
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Psalm of David. 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.
2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
4Give 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.
5Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
6Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7The 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.
8The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30685× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אֵלʼêlH4135× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- עִםʻimH59734× in this chapter
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
- יָדyâdH30273× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- בָרַךְbârakH12882× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- כִּיkîyH35882× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- לֹאlôʼH38082× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- לֵבlêbH38202× in this chapter
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- אַלʼalH4082× in this chapter
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
- מִןminH44802× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăsehH46392× in this chapter
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53752× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- נָתַןnâthanH54142× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עֹזʻôzH57972× in this chapter
strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
- קוֹלqôwlH69632× in this chapter
a voice or sound
- שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80852× in this chapter
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- תַּחֲנוּןtachănûwnH84692× in this chapter
earnest prayer
- אֵתʼêthH8532× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בָּנָהbânâhH11291× in this chapter
to build (literally and figuratively)
- גְּמוּלgᵉmûwlH15761× in this chapter
treatment, i.e. an act (of good or ill); by implication, service or requital
- דְּבִירdᵉbîyrH16871× in this chapter
the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary
- דָבַרdâbarH16961× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- הוּאhûwʼH19311× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- הָרַסhâraçH20401× in this chapter
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
- אָוֶןʼâvenH2051× in this chapter
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
- חָרַשׁchârashH27901× in this chapter
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
- חָשָׁהchâshâhH28141× in this chapter
to hush or keep quiet
- יָדָהyâdâhH30341× in this chapter
physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
- יָרַדyâradH33811× in this chapter
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
- יְשׁוּעָהyᵉshûwʻâhH34441× in this chapter
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
- יָשַׁעyâshaʻH34671× in this chapter
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
- לֵבָבlêbâbH38241× in this chapter
the heart (as the most interior organ);
- מָגֵןmâgênH40431× in this chapter
a shield (i.e. the small one or buckler); figuratively, a protector; also the scaly hide of the crocodile
- מָעוֹזmâʻôwzH45811× in this chapter
a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
- מַעֲלָלmaʻălâlH46111× in this chapter
an act (good or bad)
- מָשִׁיחַmâshîyachH48991× in this chapter
anointed; usually a consecrated person (as a king, priest, or saint); specifically, the Messiah
- מָשַׁךְmâshakH49001× in this chapter
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
- מָשַׁלmâshalH49111× in this chapter
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
- נַחֲלָהnachălâhH51591× in this chapter
properly, something inherited, i.e. (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion