The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield
Of David.
28 To you, O Lord, I call;
(A)my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you (B)be silent to me,
I become like those who (C)go down to the pit.
2 (D)Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
when I cry to you for help,
when I (E)lift up my hands
(F)toward your most holy sanctuary.[a]
3 Do not (G)drag me off with the wicked,
with the workers of evil,
(H)who speak peace with their neighbors
while evil is in their hearts.
4 (I)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;
(J)render them their due reward.
5 Because they (K)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.
6 Blessed be the Lord!
For he has (L)heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
7 The Lord is my strength and (M)my shield;
in him my heart (N)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
and with my (O)song I give thanks to him.
8 The Lord is the strength of his people;[b]
he is (P)the saving refuge of his anointed.
9 Oh, save your people and bless (Q)your heritage!
(R)Be their shepherd and (S)carry them forever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 28:2 Hebrew your innermost sanctuary
- Psalm 28:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts is their strength
Cross references
- Psalm 28:1 : See Ps. 18:2
- Psalm 28:1 : Ps. 35:22; 39:12; 83:1; 109:1
- Psalm 28:1 : Ps. 88:4; 143:7
- Psalm 28:2 : Ps. 140:6
- Psalm 28:2 : Ps. 134:2; 141:2; Lam. 2:19; 1 Tim. 2:8; [Ps. 119:48]
- Psalm 28:2 : Ps. 5:7; 138:2; [1 Kgs. 8:29]
- Psalm 28:3 : [Ps. 26:9; Ezek. 32:20]
- Psalm 28:3 : Jer. 9:8; [Ps. 5:9; 12:2; 55:21; 62:4]
- Psalm 28:4 : Jer. 50:15, 29; Rev. 18:6; [2 Tim. 4:14]
- Psalm 28:4 : [Ps. 137:8]
- Psalm 28:5 : Isa. 5:12; [Job 34:27]
- Psalm 28:6 : ver. 2
- Psalm 28:7 : See Ps. 3:3
- Psalm 28:7 : See Ps. 11:1
- Psalm 28:7 : Ps. 69:30
- Psalm 28:8 : Ps. 140:7; [Ps. 20:6]
- Psalm 28:9 : Deut. 9:29; 32:9
- Psalm 28:9 : Ps. 78:71, 72
- Psalm 28:9 : Isa. 40:11; 46:3; 63:9