Psalms 28

1 Unto thee will I cry, O Yhwh my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

[A Psalm] of David. To you, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent towards me: lest you be silent towards 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 unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

Listen to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands towards your holy temple.

3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, 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 endeavours: 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 to them.

5 Because they regard not the works of Yhwh, 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, you shall pull them down, and shall not build them up.

6 Blessed be Yhwh, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

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

7 Yhwh is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; 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 Yhwh 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 thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

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