28:1 UNTO YOU do I cry, O Lord my Rock, be not deaf {and} silent to me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like those going down to the pit [the grave]. |
28:2 Hear the voice of my supplication as I cry to You for help, as I lift up my hands toward Your innermost sanctuary (the Holy of Holies). |
28:3 Drag me not away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but malice {and} mischief are in their hearts. |
28:4 Repay them according to their work and according to the wickedness of their doings; repay them according to the work of their hands; render to them what they deserve. |
28:5 Because they regard not the works of the Lord nor the operations of His hands, He will break them down and not rebuild them. |
28:6 Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplications. |
28:7 The Lord is my Strength and my [impenetrable] Shield; my heart trusts in, relies on, {and} confidently leans on Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song will I praise Him. |
28:8 The Lord is their [unyielding] Strength, and He is the Stronghold of salvation to [me] His anointed. |
28:9 Save Your people and bless Your heritage; nourish {and} shepherd them and carry them forever. |