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Psalm 28. This is a lament, a cry for help amid the threat posed by evildoers. It is not clear whether the threat is to the individual or to the whole community; if the speaker is a representative figure like King David, he could be speaking both for himself and for the community. It is probably best to see the hostility as a threat to the whole community (vv. 8-9), which each of the faithful is personally involved in (the references to "I," "me," and "my" throughout).

28:1-2 Hear Me When I Call! This model prayer brings its requests before God with urgency. The situation is desperate; to be like those who go down to the pit is probably more than simply to die, but to be like those who suffer divine judgment (cf. 30:3, 9; 88:4; 143:7; Isa. 14:19; Ezek. 26:20); the godly do not want to be treated in the same way as the wicked (cf. Ps. 28:3).