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Psalm 28:6

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

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.
5Because they don’t respect the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
6Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
7The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.
8The LORD is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
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Notice

The word “because” ties praise to a specific reason: amid the psalm’s pleas for justice, David declares that YHWH has heard his petitions.

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Where else Scripture says this

5 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 31:21–22Praise be to the LORD, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.Both verses praise the LORD for his care: hearing petitions in Psalm 28 and showing loving kindness in Psalm 31.
Psalm 107:19–22Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses.Both passages describe people crying to the LORD and receiving his attention, with Psalm 107 naming rescue from distress.
Psalm 118:5Out of my distress, I called on the LORD. The LORD answered me with freedom.Both speakers recount calling to the LORD and being heard, with Psalm 118 describing the answer as freedom.
Psalm 66:19–20But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.Both verses declare that God has heard the speaker’s voice in prayer.
Job 33:26He prays to God, and he is favorable to him, so that he sees his face with joy. He restores to man his righteousness.Both texts describe prayer met with God’s favorable response, expressed through praise in the psalm and joy in Job.
Where this verse fits

Answered prayer. gratitude. praise and worship.

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Encouragement

David’s praise follows hard words about wickedness and judgment. His reason for blessing YHWH is specific: God has heard the voice that asked him for help.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).