Psalms 28 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do 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.

JPS_ASV_Byz⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do 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. ² Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto Thee, when I lift up my hands toward Thy holy Sanctuary. ³ Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity; who speak peace with their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts. ⁴ Give them according to their deeds, and according to the evil of their endeavours; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. ⁵ Because they give no heed to the works of the LORD, nor to the operation of His hands; He will break them down and not build them up. ⁶ Blessed be the LORD, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications. ⁷ The LORD is my strength and my shield, in Him hath my heart trusted, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise Him. ⁸ The LORD is a strength unto them; and He is a stronghold of salvation to His anointed. ⁹ Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; and tend them, and carry them for ever.