Psalms 28

1 By David. To you, LORD, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

לדוד אליך יהוה אקרא-- צורי אל-תחרש ממני פן-תחשה ממני ונמשלתי עם-יורדי בור

2 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands towards your Most Holy Place.

שמע קול תחנוני בשועי אליך בנשאי ידי אל-דביר קדשך

3 Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

אל-תמשכני עם-רשעים ועם-פעלי-און דברי שלום עם-רעיהם ורעה בלבבם

4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

תן-להם כפעלם וכרע מעלליהם כמעשה ידיהם תן להם השב גמולם להם

5 Because they don’t respect the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.

כי לא יבינו אל-פעלת יהוה-- ואל-מעשה ידיו יהרסם ולא יבנם

6 Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.

ברוך יהוה כי-שמע קול תחנוני

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

יהוה עזי ומגני-- בו בטח לבי ונעזרתי ויעלז לבי ומשירי אהודנו

8 The LORD is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

יהוה עז-למו ומעוז ישועות משיחו הוא

9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.

הושיעה את-עמך-- וברך את-נחלתך ורעם ונשאם עד-העולם