Psalms 28

1Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

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.

1 My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

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

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

2Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

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

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

3Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

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.

4Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

5Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

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.

5Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

6Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

6Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

6May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

7The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

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.

7The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

8The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

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

8The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king.

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

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

9Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.