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.
David's opening cry declares what most troubled men never do: he betakes himself to God alone, not wandering here and there for help. He names God his strength precisely because he trusted Him not in peace but in the severest temptations, when all other hope had failed.
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Commenting on Psalm 28:1-9
The wicked are dragged to hell like felons to Tyburn, like logs to the fire; Lord, do not bind me up in their bundle. Their doom is sure, and the best of them make terrible company for eternity. Beware the man who cries peace too loudly and speaks soft words while mischief festers in his heart, he is more dangerous than any wild beast.
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David's faith rests on God as his rock, his power and his refuge. What cuts deepest into a gracious soul is not the absence of what he prays for, but God's silence and the sense of His displeasure: nothing can be so killing as the want of His favor, for to be without it is to be like the dead descending to the pit.
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Commenting on Psalm 28:1-5