1Unto 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.28.1 to me: Heb. from me
2Unto 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.28.1 to me: Heb. from me
3Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.28.2 thy…: or, the oracle of thy sanctuary
4Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.28.2 thy…: or, the oracle of thy sanctuary
5Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
6Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
7Give 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.
8Give 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.
9Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
10Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
11Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
12Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
13The 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.
14The 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.
15The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.28.8 their: or, his28.8 saving…: Heb. strength of salvations
16The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.28.8 their: or, his28.8 saving…: Heb. strength of salvations
17Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.28.9 feed: or, rule
18Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.28.9 feed: or, rule