Psalms 28

1 David’s. Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me, —lest, if thou turn from me in silence, I be like them who go down into the pit.

[A Psalm] of David. Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, [if] thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my supplication, when I cry to thee for help, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy shrine.

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.

3 Do not drag me away—with the lawless, or with the workers of iniquity, —who speak peaceably with their neighbours, but, wrong, is in their heart.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.

4 Give them, according to their deed, and, according to the wrong of their practices, —According to the work of their own hands, give thou unto them, Bring back their own dealing to themselves.

Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert.

5 Because they heed not The Deeds of Yahweh, or the Work of his hands, he will pull them down, and not build them.

For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.

6 Blessed be Yahweh, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplication.

Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

7 Yahweh, is my strength and my shield, In him, hath trusted my heart, and I have found help, —Therefore hath my heart danced for joy, and, with my song, do I praise him.

Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped: therefore my heart exulteth, and with my song will I praise him.

8 Yahweh, is strength to his people, —And, the all-saving refuge of his Anointed One, is he!

Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one.

9 Oh save thy people, and bless thine inheritance, Tend them also, and carry them, Unto times age-abiding.

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and feed them, and lift them up for ever.