Psalms 28

1 Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

[A Psalm] of David. To you, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent towards me: lest you be silent towards me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit.

2 Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

Listen to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands towards your holy temple.

3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.

Draw not away my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbours, but evils are in their hearts.

4 Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompense to them.

5 Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.

Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, you shall pull them down, and shall not build them up.

6 Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.

Blessed be the Lord, for he has listened to the voice of my petition.

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to him.

8 The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed.

9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.

Save your people, and bless your inheritance: and take care of them, and lift them up for ever.