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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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section: 51 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 51. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/51/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 51. Psalm 28

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[¶0] Of David

[¶1] 1 Unto thee, O Jehovah! will I cry; O my strength! hold not thy peace from me Lest if thou shouldst be silent to me, I then become like those who descend into the grave.

[¶2] 2 Hear the voice of my prayers when I cry to thee, When I lift up my hands to the sanctuary of thy holiness.

[¶3] 3 Draw me not away with ungodly men, And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, When in their hearts is malice.

[¶4] 4 Give them according to their works, And according to the wickedness of their doings: According to the work of their hands give them, Render their reward to them.

[¶5] 5 Because they do not consider the doing of Jehovah, Nor the work of his hands, Let him destroy them and not build them up.

[¶6] 6 Blessed be Jehovah! For he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

[¶7] 7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; In him trusted hath my heart, and I have been helped: Therefore exult shall my heart, And with my song will I celebrate him.

[¶8] 8 Jehovah is strength to them, And the strength of the salvations of his Anointed is He.

[¶9] 9 Save thy people, and bless thy inheritance; Feed them and exalt them for ever.