Psalms 28

1 [A Psalm] of David. 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.

Of David. 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.

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

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

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.

Do 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.

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.

Give 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.

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

Because 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.

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

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

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.

The 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.

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

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

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

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