תהילים 28

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

To you, Adonai, 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 (of Abbadon, the unrighteous side of Sheol).

2 שמע קול תחנוני בשועי אליך בנשאי ידי אל-דביר קדשך

Sh'ma ·Hear obey· the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

6 ברוך יהוה כי-שמע קול תחנוני

Blessed be Adonai, because he has sh'ma ·heard obeyed· the voice of my petitions.

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

Adonai 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 yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to him.

8 יהוה עז-למו ומעוז ישועות משיחו הוא

Adonai is their strength. He is a stronghold of yishu'ah ·salvation· to his anointed.

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

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