Psalms 28

1 to/for David to(wards) you LORD to call: call to rock my not be quiet from me lest be silent from me and to liken with to go down pit

Yahweh, I call out to you; [you are like an overhanging] rock [under which I can hide]. Do not refuse to answer me, because if you are silent, I will soon be with those who are in their graves.

2 to hear: hear voice supplication my in/on/with to cry I to(wards) you in/on/with to lift: vow I hand: vow my to(wards) sanctuary holiness your

Listen to me when I call out for you [to help me], when I pray, lifting up my hands as I face your sacred temple.

3 not to draw me with wicked and with to work evil: wickedness to speak: speak peace with neighbor their and distress: evil in/on/with heart their

Do not drag me away with wicked people, with those who do wicked deeds, with those who pretend [to act] peacefully toward others while in their inner beings, they hate them.

4 to give: give to/for them like/as work their and like/as evil deed their like/as deed: work hand their to give: give to/for them to return: pay recompense their to/for them

Punish those people in the way that they deserve for what they have done; punish them for their evil deeds [DOU].

5 for not to understand to(wards) wages LORD and to(wards) deed: work hand his to overthrow them and not to build them

Yahweh, they do not pay attention to the [wonderful] things that you have done and that you have created; so get rid of them permanently and do not let them appear again!

6 to bless LORD for to hear: hear voice supplication my

Praise Yahweh because he has heard me when I called out for him to help me!

7 LORD strength my and shield my in/on/with him to trust heart my and to help and to exult heart my and from song my to give thanks him

Yahweh makes me strong and [protects] me [like a shield] [MET]; I trusted in him, and he helped me. I was glad, and from my inner being I praised him as I sang to him.

8 LORD strength to/for them and security salvation anointed his he/she/it

Yahweh causes us to be strong and protects us; and he saves me, the one he appointed [MTY] to be king.

9 to save [emph?] [obj] people your and to bless [obj] inheritance your and to pasture them and to lift: bear them till [the] forever: enduring

Yahweh, save/rescue your people; bless those who belong to you. [Take care of them like] a shepherd [takes care of his sheep] [MET]; take care of them forever.