Psalms

David’s.

28 Unto thee O Yahweh do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me,—Lest if thou turn from me in silence I be like them who go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my supplication When I cry to thee for help, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy shrine.

3 Do not drag me away—With the lawless Or with the workers of iniquity,—Who speak peaceably with their neighbours, But wrong is in their heart.

4 Give them According to their deed, and According to the wrong of their practices,—According to the work of their own hands give thou unto them, Bring back their own dealing to themselves.

5 Because they heed not The Deeds of Yahweh, Or the Work of his hands He will pull them down and not build them.

6 Blessed be Yahweh, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplication.

7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield, In him hath trusted my heart and I have found help,—Therefore hath my heart danced for joy, And with my song do I praise him.

8 Yahweh is strength to his people,—And the all-saving refuge of his Anointed One is he!

9 Oh save thy people And bless thine inheritance, Tend them also and carry them, Unto times age-abiding.