The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation

Psalms 28

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Ketuvim — the Writings

Psalms chapter 28 — part of the Ketuvim — the Writings in the Jewish Bible. In the classic JPS 1917 translation it opens: “A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O HaShem, do I call; my Rock, be not Thou deaf unto me; lest, if Thou be silent unto me,…” — the complete text of all 9 verses is below, free to read online.

1A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O HaShem, do I call; my Rock, be not Thou deaf unto me; lest, if Thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto Thee, when I lift up my hands toward Thy holy Sanctuary.

3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity; who speak peace with their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the evil of their endeavours; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

5Because they give no heed to the works of HaShem, nor to the operation of His hands; He will break them down and not build them up.

6Blessed be HaShem, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

7HaShem is my strength and my shield, in Him hath my heart trusted, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise Him.

8HaShem is a strength unto them; and He is a stronghold of salvation to His anointed.

9Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance; and tend them, and carry them for ever.

9 verses · JPS 1917 (public domain)

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