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.

A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I call; my Rock, be not Thou deaf unto me; lest, if Thou be silent unto me, I become like them that 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 unto Thee, when I lift up my hands toward Thy holy Sanctuary.

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 neighbours, but evil 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 deeds, and according to the evil of their endeavours; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

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 give no heed to the works of the LORD, nor to 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 the LORD, because He hath 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.

The LORD is my strength and my shield, in Him hath my heart trusted, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise Him.

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

The LORD is a strength unto them; 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; and tend them, and carry them for ever.