Psalms 28

1 [A Psalm] of David. To thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, [if] thou shouldst be silent to me, I should become like them that go down into the pit.

A psalm for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry to thee, when I lift my hands towards thy holy oracle.

Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.

3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief [is] in their hearts.

Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts.

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

Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their inventions. According to the works of their hands give thou to them: render to them their reward.

5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will destroy them, and not build them up.

Because they have not understood the works of the Lord, and the operations of his hands: thou shalt destroy them, and shalt not build them up.

6 Blessed [be] the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my supplication.

7 The LORD [is] my strength, and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

The Lord is my helper and my protector: in him hath my heart confided, and I have been helped. And my flesh hath flourished again, and with my will I will give praise to him.

8 The LORD [is] their strength, and he [is] the saving strength of his anointed.

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

9 Save thy people, and bless thy inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

Save, O Lord, thy people, and bless thy inheritance: and rule them and exalt them for ever.