Psalms 28

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 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.	1 Of David. To you, LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be deaf to me. If you fail to answer me, I will join those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.	2 Hear the sound of my pleading when I cry to you, lifting my hands toward your holy place.
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.	3 Do not drag me off with the wicked, with those who do wrong, Who speak peace to their neighbors though evil is in their hearts.
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.	4 Repay them for their deeds, for the evil that they do. For the work of their hands repay them; give them what they deserve.
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.	5 They pay no heed to the LORD'S works, to the deeds of God's hands. God will tear them down, never to be rebuilt.
6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.	6 Blessed be the LORD, who has heard the sound of my pleading.
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.	7 The LORD is my strength and my shield, in whom my heart trusted and found help. So my heart rejoices; with my song I praise my God.
8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.	8 LORD, you are the strength of your people, the saving refuge of your anointed king.
9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.	9 Save your people, bless your inheritance; feed and sustain them forever!