28:1 {[A Psalm] of David.} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, [if] thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
28:1 A Psalm of David. To You I will cry, O LORD my Rock: Do not be silent to me, Lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.

28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications When I cry to You, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

28:3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.
28:3 Do not take me away with the wicked And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace to their neighbors, But evil is in their hearts.

28:4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
28:4 Give them according to their deeds, And according to the wickedness of their endeavors; Give them according to the work of their hands; Render to them what they deserve.

28:5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
28:5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD, Nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up.

28:6 Blessed [be] the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
28:6 Blessed be the LORD, Because He has heard the voice of my supplications!

28:7 The LORD [is] my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.

28:8 The LORD [is] their strength, and he [is] the saving strength of his anointed.
28:8 The LORD is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of His anointed.

28:9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
28:9 Save Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever.