The Psalms

Psalm 28

A Psalm of David.

 ^28:1Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call:

 My rock, be not thou deaf unto me;

 Lest, if thou be silent unto me,

 I become like them that go down into the pit.

 ^28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,

 When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

 ^28:3Draw me not away with the wicked,

 And with the workers of iniquity;

 That speak peace with their neighbors,

 But mischief is in their hearts.

 ^28:4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings:

 Give them after the operation of their hands;

 Render to them their desert.

 ^28:5Because they regard not the works of Jehovah,

 Nor the operation of his hands,

 He will break them down and not build them up.

 ^28:6Blessed be Jehovah,

 Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

 ^28:7Jehovah is my strength and my shield;

 My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped:

 Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;

 And with my song will I praise him.

 ^28:8Jehovah is their strength,

 And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

 ^28:9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance:

 Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.