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Psalm 28

Psa. 28:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Drawy me not away
mashak (Hebrew #4900)
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.)
KJV usage: draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, X give, handle, make (pro-, sound)long, X sow, scatter, stretch out.
Pronounce: maw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root
with the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
, and with the workers
pa`al (Hebrew #6466)
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
KJV usage: commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
Pronounce: paw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
of iniquity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
, which speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
peace
shalowm (Hebrew #7965)
from 7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
KJV usage: X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X great, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.
Pronounce: shaw-lome'
Origin: or shalom {shaw-lome'}
to their neighbors
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
, but mischief
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
is in their hearts
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
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Psa. 125:5• 5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! (Psa. 125:5)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 26:9• 9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood; (Psa. 26:9)
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Num. 16:26• 26And he spoke to the assembly, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye perish in all their sins. (Num. 16:26)
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Matt. 25:41,46• 41Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
 46And these shall go away into eternal punishment, and the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:41,46)
speak.
Psa. 12:2• 2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbour: with flattering lip, with a double heart, do they speak. (Psa. 12:2)
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Psa. 55:21• 21Smooth were the milky words of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords. (Psa. 55:21)
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Psa. 62:4• 4They only consult to thrust him down from his excellency; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but in their inward part they curse. Selah. (Psa. 62:4)
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Jer. 9:8‑9• 8Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaketh deceit. A man speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth his ambush.
 9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? (Jer. 9:8‑9)
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Mic. 3:5• 5Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that cause my people to err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace! but whoso putteth not into their mouths they prepare war against him: (Mic. 3:5)
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Matt. 22:15‑18• 15Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.
 16And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person;
 17tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
 18But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites? (Matt. 22:15‑18)
mischief.
Psa. 7:14• 14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood: (Psa. 7:14)
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Psa. 10:7,14• 7His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
 14Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. (Psa. 10:7,14)
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Psa. 36:4• 4He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil. (Psa. 36:4)
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Psa. 52:1• 1To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of *God abideth continually. (Psa. 52:1)
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Prov. 26:23‑26• 23Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are as an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
 24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
 25when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.
 26Though his hatred is covered by dissimulation, his wickedness shall be made manifest in the congregation. (Prov. 26:23‑26)
• Here faith is shown in crying, when all seemed to man's eye hopeless. This connection with the Lord is distinctly marked here, in its being made the ground for not being drawn away with the wicked in judgment. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 25-28” by J.N. Darby)
• The godly Jew appeals to the Lord to hear his cry that he may not be drawn away with the wicked, or deceived by the fair show they may make―speaking peace to their neighbors, but with mischief in their hearts. (“Psalms 28” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.