Chapter 28

David.

1st,  These verses:

1 Of David. To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary. [Psa 28:1-2 ESV]

David asks God to hear him, to not be deaf to his cries.  It seems a number of Psalms start like this, first asking for God's attention to the prayer about to be prayed.  I never do this, I don't ever hear anyone who prays aloud at church do this.  Shouldn't this be part of our prayer?  First, words of sincere honor and praise, then a plea for a hearing, for fairness, for mercy and for justice.  This seems a proper way to start a prayer.

2021- Lest I become...David seems to be saying that if God ignores ones prayers for too long, one might stop praying and behave as those who never prayed.  He doesn't say they'd be lost, but indistinguishable from the unsaved.  We see this same sort of thing in the NT, about those who've turned away for a long time.

2nd, David asks God to give the evil what they deserve, to do justice to them for their deeds.  This verse, so timely in 2020 with the rioting all over:

4 Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward. [Psa 28:4 ESV]  NDP

Pure justice.  God knows the hearts, may he give to them what they have sown.

3rd, David blesses the Lord, glorifies and praised Him as his strength, shield, and deliverer.

4th, A further general prayer for the people of God. 

2025 - Contrast between the evil and the good.  David prays for earthly justice for the evil.  Prays for God to defend, protect, and watch over the righteous. Quite a contrast really.