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Psalms 28:3

1 To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

2 Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.

4 Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

5 Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
DARBY
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.
BLB
Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, those speaking peace with their neighbors, and evil [is] in their heart.
ÅB
Dra meg ikke bort med de ugudelige
og med dem som gjør urett,
som taler fred med sin neste
mens det er ondt i hjertet deres!
OTB
Dra meg ikke bort med de ugudelige
Og med dem som driver urett,
Som taler fred med sine naboer,
Mens ondskap er i deres hjerter.
B1930
Riv mig ikke bort med de ugudelige og med dem som gjør urett, som taler fred med sin næste, enda der er ondt i deres hjerte!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 55:21

    His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

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  • Psalms 12:2

    They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

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  • Jeremiah 9:8–9

    Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.

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  • Psalms 26:9

    Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,

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  • Micah 3:5

    This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

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  • Psalms 62:4

    They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

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  • Proverbs 26:23–26

    Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

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  • Matthew 25:41

    Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

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