Psalms 28
1 Of David. Unto you, O Lord, do I cry; my rock, be not deaf to me: lest, through holding your peace, I become like those who go down to the pit.
[By David.] To you, Jehovah, I call. My rock, do not be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
2 Hear my loud entreaty, as I cry for help to you, lifting my hands, O Lord, towards your holy chancel.
Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
3 Take me not off with the wicked, nor with the workers of wrong, whose speech to their neighbours is friendly, while evil is in their heart.
Do not draw me away with the wicked, with evildoers who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.
4 Give them as they have done, as their wicked deeds deserve. As their hands have wrought, so give to them: requite to them their deserts.
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 They are blind to all that the Lord does, to all that his hands have wrought; and so he will tear them down, to build them up no more.
Because they do not regard the works of Jehovah, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.
6 Blest be the Lord, who has heard my voice as I plead for mercy.
Blessed be Jehovah, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him. I was helped: so my heart is exultant, and in my song I will praise him.
Jehovah 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.
8 The Lord is the strength of his people, the fortress who saves his anointed.
Jehovah is the strength of his people. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
9 O save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd and carry them forever.
Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.
