Psalms 28:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תִּמְשְׁכֵ֣נִי עִם־רְשָׁעִים֮ וְעִם־פֹּ֢עֲלֵ֫י אָ֥וֶן דֹּבְרֵ֣י שָׁ֭לוֹם עִם־רֵֽעֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝רָעָ֗ה בִּלְבָבָֽם׃

Transliteration

Do not timšĕkēnî with rĕšāʿîm and with pōʿălê ʾāwen, dōbĕrê šālôm with rēʿêhem, but rāʿâ in bilbābām.

Grammar Details

*timšĕkēnî*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix and negative particle - do not draw me away/drag me
*rĕšāʿîm*: noun masculine plural - wicked ones
*pōʿălê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - workers/doers of
*ʾāwen*: noun masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness/trouble
*dōbĕrê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - speakers of
*šālôm*: noun masculine singular - peace/completeness/welfare
*rēʿêhem*: noun masculine plural with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their neighbors/friends
*rāʿâ*: noun feminine singular - evil/distress/misery
*bilbābām*: noun masculine singular with prefix preposition and 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their heart

Word Meanings

*timšĕkēnî*: draw me away/drag me/take me away
*rĕšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evildoers/guilty ones
*ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow
*šālôm*: peace/welfare/friendship/completeness
*rāʿâ*: evil/distress/misery/calamity

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Referenced Verses

Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
Ps 55:21 : 21 The words of his mouth were smoother{H8804)} than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer{H8804)} than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Ps 26:9 : 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
Ps 62:4 : 4 They only consult{H8804)} to cast him down{H8687)} from his excellency: they delight{H8799)} in lies: they bless{H8762)} with their mouth, but they curse{H8762)} inwardly. Selah.
Mic 3:5 : 5 Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Ps 7:14 : 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Ps 10:14 : 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Prov 26:23-26 : 23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. 24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
Jer 9:8-9 : 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. 9 Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Ps 36:4 : 4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth{H8691)} himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth{H8799)} not evil.
Ps 52:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Maschil{H8688)}, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came{H8800)} and told{H8686)} Saul, and said{H8799)} unto him, David is come{H8804)} to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest{H8691)} thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
Matt 22:15-18 : 15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. 16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth , neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Num 16:26 : 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

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