Psalms 28

1 [By David.] To you, YHWH, 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.

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

Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple.

3 Do not draw me away with the wicked, with evildoers who speak peace with their neighbors, 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 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.

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 unto them.

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

Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.

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

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

7 YHWH 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 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 the strength of his people. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

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

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

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