Psalms 28

1 [By David.] To you, LORD, I call. My rock, do not be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

2 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

3 Do not draw me away with the wicked, with evildoers who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.

4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.

Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.

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

Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

8 The LORD is the strength of his people. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.

Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.