Psalms 28
1 A psalm of David. Lord, my rock, I'm calling out to you. Please listen to me! For if you don't respond, I'll be like those who go down into the grave.
Psalmus ipsi David. Ad te Domine clamabo, Deus meus ne sileas a me: ne quando taceas a me, et assimilabor descendentibus in lacum.
2 Listen as I appeal for mercy, as I call for help, as I hold up my hands in prayer towards your holy Temple.
Exaudi Domine vocem deprecationis meæ dum oro ad te: dum extollo manus meas ad templum sanctum tuum.
3 Don't drag me off with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak nicely to their neighbors while in their minds they're plotting evil.
Ne simul trahas me cum peccatoribus: et cum operantibus iniquitatem ne perdas me: Qui loquuntur pacem cum proximo suo, mala autem in cordibus eorum.
4 Give them what they deserve for their evil actions. Pay them back for what they've done. Give them the reward they've earned!
Da illis secundum opera eorum, et secundum nequitiam adinventionum ipsorum. Secundum opera manuum eorum tribue illis: redde retributionem eorum ipsis.
5 For they don't pay any attention to what the Lord does, or to what he created. So he will destroy them—they will never be restored.
Quoniam non intellexerunt opera Domini, et in opera manuum eius destrues illos, et non ædificabis eos.
6 Praise the Lord! For he has heard my appeal for mercy!
Benedictus Dominus: quoniam exaudivit vocem deprecationis meæ.
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield. I trust in him and he helps me. I'm so happy, and I sing my thanks to him.
Dominus adiutor meus, et protector meus: in ipso speravit cor meum, et adiutus sum. Et refloruit caro mea: et ex voluntate mea confitebor ei.
8 The Lord gives strength to his people; he is a safe refuge for the one he has anointed.
Dominus fortitudo plebis suæ: et protector salvationum christi sui est.
9 Save your people! Bless your “special possession”! Be their shepherd and carry them in your arms forever!
Salvum fac populum tuum Domine, et benedic hereditati tuæ: et rege eos, et extolle illos usque in æternum.
