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To you, LORD, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext3">A Psalm of David. To You, O LORD, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext4"><i>A Psalm</i> of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, <i>if</i> thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Davidic. LORD, I call to You; my rock, do not be deaf to me. If You remain silent to me, I will be like those going down to the Pit. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Listen to the sound of my pleading when I cry to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who work iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief <i>is</i> in their hearts.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Do not drag me away with the wicked, with the evildoers, who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors while malice is in their hearts. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Repay them for their deeds and for their evil work; repay them for what their hands have done and bring back on them what they deserve.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices; Requite them according to the deeds of their hands; Repay them their recompense.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Give 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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Repay them according to what they have done-- according to the evil of their deeds. Repay them according to the work of their hands; give them back what they deserve. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/psalms/28.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/psalms/28.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/psalms/28.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/psalms/28.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/28.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Because they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD and what his hands have done, he will tear them down and never build them up again.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Because they do not regard the works of the LORD or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Because they do not regard the works of the LORD Nor the deeds of His hands, He will tear them down and not build them up.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Because they do not consider what the LORD has done or the work of His hands, He will tear them down and not rebuild them. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Blessed be the LORD! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Blessed be the LORD, Because He has heard the voice of my supplication.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Blessed <i>be</i> the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext5">May the LORD be praised, for He has heard the sound of my pleading. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext3">The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext4">The LORD <i>is</i> 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.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext5">The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I praise Him with my song. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">The LORD is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext3">The LORD is their strength, And He is a saving defense to His anointed.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext4">The LORD <i>is</i> their strength, and he <i>is</i> the saving strength of his anointed.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext5">The LORD is the strength of His people; He is a stronghold of salvation for His anointed. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Save Your people, bless Your possession, shepherd them, and carry them forever. </span></td></tr></table><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><br /><br /><br />THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com" target="_top">Biblica®</a>.<br /><br />ESV® Text Edition® (2016): The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv" target="_top">Crossway Bibles</a>.<br /><br />New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960 - 1995 by <a href="http://www.lockman.org" target="_top">The Lockman Foundation</a>.<br /><br />Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by <a href="http://www.bhpublishinggroup.com/" target="_top">Holman Bible Publishers</a>.<br /><br />King James Bible Text courtesy of <a href="http://www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://intbible.com/">INT Bible</a> © 2012, Used by Permission.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 29" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>