Psalms 28

1 [A Psalm] of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD 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 himself. To you, Lord, I will cry out. My God, do not be silent toward me. For if you remain silent toward me, I will become like those who descend into the pit.

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

Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward 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.

Do not draw me away together with sinners; and let me not perish with those who work iniquity, who speak peacefully to their neighbor, yet 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 to them according to their works and according to the wickedness of their inventions. Assign to them according to the works of their hands. Repay them with their own retribution.

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.

Since they have not understood the works of the Lord and the works of his hands, you will destroy them, and you will not build them up.

6 Blessed [be] the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

Blessed is the Lord, for he has heard the voice of my supplication.

7 The LORD [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 protector. In him, my heart has hoped and I have been helped. And my flesh has flourished again. And from my will, I shall confess 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 protector of the salvation of his Christ.

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

O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance, and reign over them and exalt them, even unto eternity.