Psalms 28
1 “Of David.” Unto thee, O Lord, will I call; O my rock, turn not unheeding from me: lest thou turn away silent from me, and I become like those that go down into the pit.
Yahweh, I call out to you; [you are like an overhanging] rock [under which I can hide]. Do not refuse to answer me, because if you are silent, I will soon be with those who are in their graves.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the most holy place of thy sanctuary.
Listen to me when I call out for you [to help me], when I pray, lifting up my hands as I face your sacred temple.
3 Snatch me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of injustice, who speak peace with their neighbors, with mischief in their heart.
Do not drag me away with wicked people, with those who do wicked deeds, with those who pretend [to act] peacefully toward others while in their inner beings, they hate them.
4 Give unto them according to their doing, and according to the evil of their deeds; according to the work of their hands do thou give unto them: bestow their [just] recompense on them.
Punish those people in the way that they deserve for what they have done; punish them for their evil deeds [DOU].
5 Because they have no regard for the doings of the Lord, nor the works of his hands: may he pull them down, and not build them up.
Yahweh, they do not pay attention to the [wonderful] things that you have done and that you have created; so get rid of them permanently and do not let them appear again!
6 Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
Praise Yahweh because he has heard me when I called out for him to help me!
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him hath my heart trusted, and I am helped, and my heart exulteth; and with my song will I thank him.
Yahweh makes me strong and [protects] me [like a shield] [MET]; I trusted in him, and he helped me. I was glad, and from my inner being I praised him as I sang to him.
8 The Lord is strength unto them, and he is the fortress of victory of his anointed.
Yahweh causes us to be strong and protects us; and he saves me, the one he appointed [MTY] to be king.
9 Help thy people, and bless thy heritage: and feed them, and exalt them unto all eternity.
Yahweh, save/rescue your people; bless those who belong to you. [Take care of them like] a shepherd [takes care of his sheep] [MET]; take care of them forever.
