The Wicked and Workers of Iniquity - Psalms 28:3

In Psalms chapter twenty-eight David said, “Unto you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you are silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy oracle”, and in chapter twenty eight and verse three of Psalms David prayed to Jehovah, “Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity”, where we read,

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity,

which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

The verse begins, “Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, ...”. David began with the words, “Draw me not away” which means “do not seize, handle, drag or remove me, David” “with the wicked” or “alongside people who are criminals, guilty of sin and ungodly”, “and with the workers” which means “and alongside people who practice, commit and make” “of iniquity” or “pertaining to trouble, wickedness, sorrow and idolatry”. David appealed to Jehovah God not to align or associate him with people who are guilty of sin, ungodly practices, trouble and idolatry.

The verse continues, “... which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.” David added the words, “which speak peace” or “who declare, converse, command, promise, warn and threaten completeness, soundness, welfare and safety” “to their neighbors” which means “toward the companions, friends and fellow citizens of the wicked and workers of iniquity”, “but mischief” or “however, bad, unpleasantness, unkindness and evil deeds” “is in their hearts” which means “exists within the soul, mind, thinking, appetite, emotions and passions of the wicked and workers of iniquity”. David wrote of the deceptive speaking and unkind souls of people who are wicked and work iniquity.

When we consider the words in this verse, we learn how David desired that Jehovah God not seize and associate him with people who are guilty of sin, commit trouble and prone to idolatry. Although they talked to their companions and friends in a non-threatening way, they were actually unpleasant and unkind within their souls and thinking. In other words, they were wicked and deceptive, and David wanted nothing to do with them. David spoke to Jehovah God in this manner because he had an intimate relationship with Him, and God desires to have an intimate relationship with every person. He provided His Son Jesus who died on the cross for our sins, and when we yield our lives to Him, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and keep us from those who commit iniquity and are deceptive in their speech, practices and deeds.

Next time David says, “Give them according to their deeds”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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