Psalm 28

A Psalm of David.

1  Unto thee will I cry, O Lord amy rock; bbe not silent †to me:

Lest, if thou be silent †to me, cI become like cdthem that go down into the pit.

2  iiHear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,

When I ddlift up my hands ||etoward thy holy foracle.

3  Draw me not away with the wicked, and with ffthe workers of iniquity,

gWhich speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

4  hGive them according to their deeds,

And according to the wickedness of their endeavours:

Give them after the work of their hands;

Render to them hhtheir desert.

5  Because ithey regard not the works of the Lord,

Nor the operation of his hands,

He shall destroy them, and not build them up.

6  Blessed be the Lord, because he hath iiheard the voice of my supplications.

7  The Lord is my strength and my jshield;

My heart ktrusted in him, and I am helped:

Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;

And with my song will I praise him.

8  The Lord is ||their strength,

And he is the †saving strength of his anointed.

9  Save lthy people,

And bless lthine inheritance:

||Feed them also, and lift them up for ever.