Psalms 28

1 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.

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.

2 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.

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

3 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.

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.

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

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.

5 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!

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

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

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

7 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.

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.

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

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

9 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.

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