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 for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down 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 thee; when I lift up my hands to thy 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.

Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but 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 them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward.

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.

Because they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the operations of his hands: thou shalt destroy them, and shalt not build them up.

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

Blessed be the Lord, for he hath 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 hath my heart confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath flourished again, and with my will I will give praise 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 anointed.

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

Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and rule them and exalt them for ever.