Psalms 28

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

“A psalm of David.” To thee do I cry, O LORD! O my rock! be not silent to me, Lest, if thou answer me not, I become like those who go down to the pit!

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

Hear the voice of my supplication, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands to thy most holy sanctuary!

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

Draw me not away with the impious, and with evil-doers, Who speak peace to their neighbors, while mischief is in their hearts!

4 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.

Give them according to their deeds, and the wickedness of their doings; Give them according to the work of their hands; Render to them their desert!

5 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.

For they regard not the doings of the LORD, nor the work of his hands; Therefore will he destroy them, and not again build them up.

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

Praised be the LORD, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications!

7 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.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusteth in him, and he helpeth me; Therefore doth my heart exult, And in my song I will praise him.

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

Jehovah is the strength of his people; He is the protecting shield of his anointed.

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

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; Feed them also, and build them up for ever!