Psalms 28

1 [A Psalm] of David. Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, [if] thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I call; my Rock, be not Thou deaf unto me; lest, if Thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto Thee, when I lift up my hands toward Thy holy Sanctuary.

3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity; who speak peace with their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

4 Give 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.

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the evil of their endeavours; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

5 For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.

Because they give no heed to the works of the LORD, nor to the operation of His hands; He will break them down and not build them up.

6 Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

Blessed be the LORD, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped: therefore my heart exulteth, and with my song will I praise him.

The LORD is my strength and my shield, in Him hath my heart trusted, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise Him.

8 Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one.

The LORD is a strength unto them; and He is a stronghold of salvation to His anointed.

9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and feed them, and lift them up for ever.

Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; and tend them, and carry them for ever.