Psalms 28

1 To you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

[A Psalm] of David. To thee, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me: lest thou be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy oracle.

Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple.

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

Draw not away my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbours, but evils are in their hearts.

4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompense unto them.

5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.

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

Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition.

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him.

The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to him.

8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed.

9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: and take care of them, and lift them up for ever.