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Psalm 28:1-3
New English Translation
Psalm 28:1-3
New English Translation
Psalm 28[a]
By David.
28 To you, O Lord, I cry out!
My Protector,[b] do not ignore me.[c]
If you do not respond to me,[d]
I will join[e] those who are descending into the grave.[f]
2 Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,
when I lift my hands[g] toward your holy temple.[h]
3 Do not drag me away with evil men,
with those who behave wickedly,[i]
who talk so friendly to their neighbors,[j]
while they plan to harm them.[k]
Footnotes
- Psalm 28:1 sn Psalm 28. The author looks to the Lord for vindication, asks that the wicked be repaid in full for their evil deeds, and affirms his confidence that the Lord will protect his own.
- Psalm 28:1 tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2.
- Psalm 28:1 tn Heb “do not be deaf from me.”
- Psalm 28:1 tn Heb “lest [if] you are silent from me.”
- Psalm 28:1 tn Heb “I will be equal with.”
- Psalm 28:1 tn Heb “the pit.” The noun בּוֹר (bor, “pit, cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead.
- Psalm 28:2 sn I lift my hands. Lifting one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer.
- Psalm 28:2 tn The Hebrew term דְּבִיר (devir, “temple”) actually refers to the most holy place within the sanctuary.
- Psalm 28:3 tn Heb “workers of wickedness.”
- Psalm 28:3 tn Heb “speakers of peace with their neighbors.”
- Psalm 28:3 tn Heb “and evil [is] in their heart[s].”
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