Psalm 28 - Modern English Version

A Psalm of David.

¹ To You will I 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.

² Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You, when I lift up my hands toward Your most holy place.

³ Do not take me away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors while mischief is in their hearts.

⁴ Repay them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; repay them according to the work of their hands; render to them their due reward.

⁵ Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, nor the work of His hands, He will destroy them and not build them up.

⁶ Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplications.

⁷ The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I was helped; therefore my heart rejoices, and with my song I will thank Him.

⁸ The Lord is the strength of His people, and He is the saving refuge of His anointed.

⁹ Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and bear them up forever.