Psalms 28

1 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.

To thee, O Jehovah, I will call. My rock, be not thou deaf to me, lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.

2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.

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

3 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.

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

4 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.

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them after the operation of their hands. Render to them their recompense,

5 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.

because they regard not the works of Jehovah, nor the operation of his hands. He will break them down and not build them up.

6 Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my supplication.

Blessed be Jehovah, because he has heard the voice of my supplications.

7 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.

Jehovah is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise him.

8 The Lord is the strength of his people, and the protector of the salvation of his anointed.

Jehovah is their strength, and he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

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

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.