Psalms 28

1 By David. To you, LORD, 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.

A Psalm of David himself. To you, Lord, I will cry out. My God, do not be silent toward me. For if you remain silent toward me, I will become like those who descend into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple.

3 Do not draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

Do not draw me away together with sinners; and let me not perish with those who work iniquity, who speak peacefully to their neighbor, yet evils are in their hearts.

4 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.

Give to them according to their works and according to the wickedness of their inventions. Assign to them according to the works of their hands. Repay them with their own retribution.

5 Because they do not respect the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.

Since they have not understood the works of the Lord and the works of his hands, you will destroy them, and you will not build them up.

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

Blessed is the Lord, for he has heard the voice of my supplication.

7 The 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.

The Lord is my helper and my protector. In him, my heart has hoped and I have been helped. And my flesh has flourished again. And from my will, I shall confess to him.

8 The LORD is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

The Lord is the strength of his people and the protector of the salvation of his Christ.

9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.

O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance, and reign over them and exalt them, even unto eternity.