Psalms 28

1 By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.

Of David. My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

2 Hear the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

3 Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

4 Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

5 For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.

Because they have no respect for the works of the Lord, or for the things which his hands have made, they will be broken down and not lifted up by him.

6 Blessed [is] Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

7 Jehovah [is] my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him.

The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

8 Jehovah [is] strength to him, Yea, the strength of the salvation of His anointed [is] He.

The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king.

9 Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!

Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.