Psalmorum 28
1 huic David ad te Domine clamabo Deus meus ne sileas a me nequando taceas a me et adsimilabor descendentibus in lacum
A psalm of David. Lord, my rock, I'm calling out to you. Please listen to me! For if you don't respond, I'll be like those who go down into the grave.
2 exaudi vocem deprecationis meae dum oro ad te dum extollo manus meas ad templum sanctum tuum
Listen as I appeal for mercy, as I call for help, as I hold up my hands in prayer towards your holy Temple.
3 ne simul tradas me cum peccatoribus et cum operantibus iniquitatem ne perdideris me qui loquuntur pacem cum proximo suo mala autem sunt in cordibus eorum
Don't drag me off with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak nicely to their neighbors while in their minds they're plotting evil.
4 da illis secundum opera ipsorum et secundum nequitiam adinventionum ipsorum secundum opera manuum eorum tribue illis redde retributionem eorum ipsis
Give them what they deserve for their evil actions. Pay them back for what they've done. Give them the reward they've earned!
5 quoniam non intellexerunt opera Domini et in opera manuum eius destrues illos et non aedificabis eos
For they don't pay any attention to what the Lord does, or to what he created. So he will destroy them—they will never be restored.
6 benedictus Dominus quoniam exaudivit vocem deprecationis meae
Praise the Lord! For he has heard my appeal for mercy!
7 Dominus adiutor meus et protector meus in ipso speravit cor meum et adiutus sum et refloruit caro mea et ex voluntate mea confitebor ei
The Lord is my strength and my shield. I trust in him and he helps me. I'm so happy, and I sing my thanks to him.
8 Dominus fortitudo plebis suae et protector salvationum christi sui est
The Lord gives strength to his people; he is a safe refuge for the one he has anointed.
9 salvam fac plebem tuam et benedic hereditati tuae et rege eos et extolle eos usque in aeternum
Save your people! Bless your “special possession”! Be their shepherd and carry them in your arms forever!
