Psalm 28–29

A Prayer for Help, and Joy in Its Answer

28A psalm of David.^a

¹To you, O Yahweh, I call.

O my rock, do not be deaf to me.

Or else, if you are silent to me,

then I will become like those descending to the pit.

²Hear the voice of my supplications

when I cry to you for help,

when I lift up my hands

toward your holy inner sanctuary.

³Do not drag me away with the wicked

or with the workers of evil,

who speak of peace with their neighbors,

while evil is in their heart.

⁴Give to them according to their work,

even according to the evil of their deeds.

Give to them according to the work of their hands;

repay them their rightful due.

⁵Because they do not regard the works of Yahweh,

nor the work of his hands,

he will destroy them

and not rebuild them.

⁶Blessed is Yahweh,

because he has heard the voice of my supplications.

⁷Yahweh is my strength and my shield.

My heart trusts him and I am helped.

So my heart rejoices,

and with my song I will give thanks to him.

⁸Yahweh is their strength,

and he is the refuge for the salvation of his anointed one.

⁹Save your people

and bless your heritage.

Shepherd them also and carry them always.

Praise to God for His Glory and Strength

29A psalm of David.^a

¹Ascribe to Yahweh, O sons of God,^b

ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.

²Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due^c his name.

Worship Yahweh in holy array.

³The voice of Yahweh is over the waters;

the God of glory thunders.

Yahweh is over many waters.

⁴The voice of Yahweh is powerful.

The voice of Yahweh is majestic.

⁵The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars.

Yahweh shatters even the cedars of Lebanon.

⁶And he makes them skip like a calf;

Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

⁷The voice of Yahweh flashes^d flames of fire.

⁸The voice of Yahweh shakes the wilderness.

Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

⁹The voice of Yahweh causes deer^e to give birth

and strips the forests bare.

And at his temple all in it say, “Glory!”

¹⁰Yahweh sits enthroned at the flood,

and Yahweh sits as king forever.

¹¹May Yahweh give strength to his people.

May Yahweh bless his people with peace.