Psalms 28

1 “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!

Of David. Unto you, O Lord, do I cry; my rock, be not deaf to me: lest, through holding your peace, I become like those who go down to the pit.

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

Hear my loud entreaty, as I cry for help to you, lifting my hands, O Lord, towards your holy chancel.

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

Take me not off with the wicked, nor with the workers of wrong, whose speech to their neighbors is friendly, while evil is in their heart.

4 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!

Give them as they have done, as their wicked deeds deserve. As their hands have wrought, so give to them: requite to them their deserts.

5 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.

They are blind to all that the Lord does, to all that his hands have wrought; and so he will tear them down, to build them up no more.

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

Blest be the Lord, who has heard my voice as I plead for mercy.

7 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.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him. I was helped: so my heart is exultant, and in my song I will praise him.

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

The Lord is the strength of his people, the fortress who saves his anointed.

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

O save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd and carry them forever.