Psalm 28:4
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New International Version (©1984)
Repay them for their deeds and for their evil work; repay them for what their hands have done and bring back upon them what they deserve.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices; Requite them according to the deeds of their hands; Repay them their recompense.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Pay them back for what they have done, for their evil deeds. Pay them back for what their hands have done, and give them what they deserve.

King James Bible
Give 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.

American King James Version
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

American Standard Version
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.

Bible in Basic English
Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward.

Darby Bible Translation
Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert.

English Revised Version
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: give them after the operation of their hands; render to them their desert.

Webster's Bible Translation
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

World English Bible
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

Young's Literal Translation
Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

Geneva Study Bible

{d} Give 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.

(d) He thus prayed in respect to God's glory and not for his own cause, being assured that God would punish the persecutors of his Church.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. The imprecation is justified in Ps 28:5. The force of the passage is greatly enhanced by the accumulation of terms describing their sin.

endeavours-points out their deliberate sinfulness.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

28:1-5 David is very earnest in prayer. Observe his faith in prayer; God is my rock, on whom I build my hope. Believers should not rest till they have received some token that their prayers are heard. He prays that he may not be numbered with the wicked. Save me from being entangled in the snares they have laid for me. Save me from being infected with their sins, and from doing as they do. Lord, never leave me to use such arts of deceit and treachery for my safety, as they use for my ruin. Believers dread the way of sinners; the best are sensible of the danger they are in of being drawn aside: we should all pray earnestly to God for his grace to keep us. Those who are careful not to partake with sinners in their sins, have reason to hope that they shall not receive their plagues. He speaks of the just judgments of the Lord on the workers of iniquity, ver. 4. This is not the language of passion or revenge. It is a prophecy that there will certainly come a day, when God will punish every man who persists in his evil deeds. Sinners shall be reckoned with, not only for the mischief they have done, but for the mischief they designed, and did what they could to effect. Disregard of the works of the Lord, is the cause of the sin of sinners, and becomes the cause of their ruin.


Psalm 62:12 And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord, For You recompense a man according to his work.
2 Timothy 4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
Revelation 18:6 "Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.
Revelation 22:12 "Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. (NASB ©1995)

Acts Deeds Desert Deserve Doings Due Evil Full Hands Operation Practices Punishment Recompense Render Repay Requite Reward Right Wickedness Work Works


Give 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.

Give Ps 5:10 59:12,13 69:22-24 Jer 18:21-23 2Ti 4:14 Re 18:6

and Ps 2:1-5 21:10 Eze 38:10

the work Ps 62:12 103:10 109:17-21 103:3,4 Ro 2:6-8 11:22

render Ezr 9:13

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