Psalms 28

1 A Psalme of David. Unto thee, O Lord, doe I crie: O my strength, be not deafe toward mee, lest, if thou answere me not, I be like them that goe downe into the pit.

[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.

2 Heare the voyce of my petitions, when I crie vnto thee, when I holde vp mine handes towarde thine holy Oracle.

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

3 Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.

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.

4 Reward them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their inuentions: recompense them after the woorke of their handes: render them their reward.

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.

5 For they regarde not the woorkes of the Lord, nor the operation of his handes: therefore breake them downe, and builde them not vp.

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

6 Praised be the Lord, for he hath heard the voyce of my petitions.

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

7 The Lord is my strength and my shielde: mine heart trusted in him, and I was helped: therfore mine heart shall reioyce, and with my song will I praise him.

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.

8 The Lord is their strength, and he is the strength of the deliuerances of his anointed.

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

9 Saue thy people, and blesse thine inheritance: feede them also, and exalt them for euer.

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