Psalm 28
King James Version
28 Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
4 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.
5 Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
6 Blessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7 The Lord is 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.
8 The Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
Psalmi 28
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Psalmul 28
Un psalm al lui David
1 Doamne, către Tine strig. Stânca mea!
Nu(A) rămâne surd la glasul meu,
ca(B) nu cumva, dacă Te vei depărta fără să-mi răspunzi,
să ajung ca cei ce se pogoară în groapă.
2 Ascultă glasul rugăciunilor mele, când strig către Tine,
şi când(C) îmi ridic mâinile spre(D) locaşul Tău cel Sfânt.
3 Nu(E) mă lua de pe pământ împreună cu cei răi
şi cu oamenii nelegiuiţi,
care(F) vorbesc de pace aproapelui lor
şi, când colo, au răutate în inimă.
4 Răsplăteşte-le(G) după lucrările lor
şi după răutatea faptelor lor,
răsplăteşte-le după lucrarea mâinilor lor!
Dă-le plata care li se cuvine!
5 Căci ei(H) nu iau aminte la lucrările Domnului,
la lucrarea mâinilor Lui.
Să-i doboare şi să nu-i mai scoale!
6 Binecuvântat să fie Domnul,
căci ascultă glasul rugăciunilor mele!
7 Domnul este tăria(I) mea şi scutul meu;
în El mi se(J) încrede inima şi sunt ajutat.
De aceea îmi este plină de veselie inima
şi-L laud prin cântările mele.
8 Domnul este tăria poporului Său,
El este Stânca(K) izbăvitoare a unsului Său.
9 Mântuieşte, Doamne, poporul Tău
şi binecuvântează moştenirea(L) Ta!
Fii păstorul şi(M) sprijinitorul lor în veci.
Psalm 28
EasyEnglish Bible
This is a song that David wrote.
God answers prayer
28 Lord, I am calling to you for help.
You are my safe place, like a high rock.[a]
Please do not refuse to listen to me.
If you do not answer me,
I will be like those who are going down
into the deep hole of death.
2 Hear me when I call to you for help.
Please be kind to me.
I am lifting up my hands
towards your Most Holy Place.[b]
3 Do not pull me away to punishment,
as you do with wicked people.
Those people do evil things.
They say kind words to their friends,
but really they want to hurt them.
4 Punish them for their sins.
Give back to them what they deserve!
Yes, punish them!
That is the fair thing to do.
5 They do not want to understand
the things that the Lord has done,
or the things that he has made.
The Lord will punish them,
and he will remove them for ever.
6 We should praise the Lord!
He has been kind to me,
when I called to him for help.
7 The Lord makes me strong.
He keeps me safe like a shield.
I trust in him completely,
and he has helped me.
I am very happy,
and I will thank him with my songs.
8 The Lord makes his people strong.
He protects the king that he has chosen.
The Lord keeps him safe.[c]
9 Lord, save your people!
Bless the people who belong to you!
Take care of your people like a shepherd.
Always carry them in your arms!
Footnotes
- 28:1 ‘Rock’ is a name for God. It means that God is a place where people can be safe.
- 28:2 When they prayed, Jews often lifted their hands up to God. Christians may do the same. Paul wrote, ‘I want people to lift up their hands and pray.’ See 1 Timothy 2:8. The Most Holy Place was the inside room of God's Temple, where the Covenant Box was.
- 28:8 The Hebrew word for the king that God has chosen is ‘Messiah’. Jesus is the special King that God has chosen, God's Messiah. He was a descendant of King David.
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