Psalms 28

1 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.

1Unto thee, O Jehovah, will 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.

1A psalm for David, at the finishing of the tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, O ye children of God: bring to the Lord the offspring of rams.

1By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to 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.

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

2Bring to the Lord glory and honour: bring to the Lord glory to his name: adore ye the Lord in his holy court.

2Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

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.

3Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters.

3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

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.

4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.

4The voice of the Lord is in power; the voice of the Lord in magnificence.

4Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

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

5Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.

5The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars: yea, the Lord shall break the cedars of Libanus.

5For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.

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

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

6And shall reduce them to pieces, as a calf of Libanus, and as the beloved son of unicorns.

6Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, For 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.

7Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.

7The voice of the Lord divideth the flame of fire:

7Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him.

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

8Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

8The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and the Lord shall shake the desert of Cades.

8Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> strength to him, Yea, the strength of the salvation of His anointed <FI>is<Fi> He.

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

9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.

9The voice of the Lord prepareth the stags: and he will discover the thick woods: and in his temple all shall speak his glory.

9Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!

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10The Lord maketh the flood to dwell: and the Lord shall sit king for ever.

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11The Lord will give strength to his people: the Lord will bless his people with peace.

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