Today's Featured Psalm
Psalm 28

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Of David.

1 To you, O LORD, I call;
   my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you be silent to me,
   I become like those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
   when I cry to you for help,
when I lift up my hands
   toward your most holy sanctuary.

3 Do not drag me off with the wicked,
   with the workers of evil,
who speak peace with their neighbors
   while evil is in their hearts.
4 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.
5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD
   or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and build them up no more.

6 Blessed be the LORD!
   For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield;
   in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
   and with my song I give thanks to him.

8 The LORD is the strength of his people;
   he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
9 Oh, save your people and bless your heritage!
   Be their shepherd and carry them forever.

Scripture taken from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Psalm Devotional
Where Wrath and Grace Converge

The great theologian R.C. Sproul was once approached by a man who asked him, “Are you saved?” Sproul responded curtly, “Saved from what?” That’s a good question, and the Bible answers it. The Bible reveals that we are ultimately saved from God’s wrath. We must understand God’s wrath in order to comprehend His grace. Psalm 28 helps us to do this, because it juxtaposes God’s wrath with God’s grace.

The first part of Psalm 28 addresses the issue of God’s wrath. The psalm opens with the psalmist in the posture of prayer (vv. 1-2), and verse 4 reveals the substance of his petition. The psalmist prays that God will exercise strict justice against his enemies; he prays that God will “bring back upon them what they deserve” (v. 4). In verse 5, God declares (likely through a priest) that He will grant the psalmist’s request. However, notice the justification for the outpouring of God’s wrath on the psalmist’s enemies. God states the psalmist’s enemies deserve His wrath because they “show no regard for the works of the Lord and what his hands have done.”

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