4Give 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.


In Context

1 To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don't be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

4 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.

5 Because they don't respect the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.

6 Blessed be Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.

Psalm 28:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:4Give 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:4Repay 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:4Give 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:4Give 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4Give 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:4Give 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4Give 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4Give 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:4Give 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.