Psalms 28

1 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.

A Psalm of David himself. To you, Lord, I will cry out. My God, do not be silent toward me. For if you remain silent toward me, I will become like those who descend into the pit.

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

Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple.

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

Do not draw me away together with sinners; and let me not perish with those who work iniquity, who speak peacefully to their neighbor, yet evils are in their hearts.

4 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.

Give to them according to their works and according to the wickedness of their inventions. Assign to them according to the works of their hands. Repay them with their own retribution.

5 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.

Since they have not understood the works of the Lord and the works of his hands, you will destroy them, and you will not build them up.

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

Blessed is the Lord, for he has heard the voice of my supplication.

7 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.

The Lord is my helper and my protector. In him, my heart has hoped and I have been helped. And my flesh has flourished again. And from my will, I shall confess to him.

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

The Lord is the strength of his people and the protector of the salvation of his Christ.

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

O Lord, save your people and bless your inheritance, and reign over them and exalt them, even unto eternity.