Psalm 28 28 Psalms Book 1 American King James Version The LORD Is My Strength 1 AKJV A Psalm of David. To you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. BSB BSB: Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
2 AKJV Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy oracle. BSB BSB: Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
3 AKJV Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. BSB BSB: Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
4 AKJV Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. BSB BSB: Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.
5 AKJV Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. BSB BSB: Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.
6 AKJV Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my supplications. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.
7 AKJV The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him. BSB BSB: The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
8 AKJV The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. BSB BSB: The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
9 AKJV Save your people, and bless your inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. BSB BSB: Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.
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