Psalms 28:3

“Draw me not away with the wicked, etc.] That is, with those who are notoriously wicked; who are inwardly and outwardly wicked; whose inward part is very wickedness, and who sell themselves and give up themselves to work wickedness: the sense is, that God would not suffer him to be drawn away, or drawn aside by wicked men, but that he would deliver him from temptation; or that he would not give him up into their hands, to be at their mercy; who he knew would not spare him, if they had him in their power; or that he might not die the death of the wicked, and perish with them; (see <192609>Psalm 26:9,10); and with the workers of iniquity; who make it the trade and business of their lives to…”

“Draw me not away--implies punishment as well as death (compare Psa 26:9). Hypocrisy is the special wickedness mentioned.”

“Draw me not away with the wicked - See the notes at Psalms 26:9. The prayer here, as well as the prayer in Psalms 26:9, expresses a strong desire not to be united with wicked people in feeling or in destiny - in life or in death - on earth or in the future world. The reason of the prayer seems to have been that the psalmist, being at this time under a strong temptation to associate with wicked persons, and feeling the force of the temptation, was apprehensive that he should be left to “yield” to it, and to become associated with them. Deeply conscious of this danger, he earnestly prays that he may not be left to yield to the power of the temptation, and fall into sin. So the Saviour Matthew…”

“Draw not - Do not drag me; as thou dost these, to execution and destruction. Psalms 28:5”

“28:3-5 The psalmist curses his enemies, asking God for retribution and vindication.”

“Draw: Psa 26:9; Num 16:26; Mat 25:41, Mat 25:46 speak: Psa 12:2, Psa 55:21, Psa 62:4; Jer 9:8, Jer 9:9; Mic 3:5; Mat 22:15-18 mischief: Psa 7:14, Psa 10:7, Psa 10:14, Psa 36:4, Psa 52:1; Pro 26:23-26 Psalms 28:4”