Psalm 28:3-30:5

English Standard Version

³Do not ^(A)drag me off with the wicked,
    with the workers of evil,
^(B)who speak peace with their neighbors
    while evil is in their hearts.
⁴^(C)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;
    ^(D)render them their due reward.
⁵Because they ^(E)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.

⁶Blessed be the Lord!
    For he has ^(F)heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
⁷The Lord is my strength and ^(G)my shield;
    in him my heart ^(H)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my ^(I)song I give thanks to him.

⁸The Lord is the strength of his people;^[a]
he is ^(J)the saving refuge of his anointed.
⁹Oh, save your people and bless ^(K)your heritage!
^(L)Be their shepherd and ^(M)carry them forever.

Ascribe to the Lord Glory

A Psalm of David.

29 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,^[b]
^(N)ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
²Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in ^(O)the splendor of holiness.^[c]

³The voice of the Lord is over ^(P)the waters;
    the God of glory ^(Q)thunders,
    the Lord, over many waters.
⁴The voice of the Lord is ^(R)powerful;
    the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
the Lord breaks ^(S)the cedars of Lebanon.
⁶He makes Lebanon to ^(T)skip like a calf,
and ^(U)Sirion like a young ^(V)wild ox.

⁷The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
⁸The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
the Lord shakes the wilderness of ^(W)Kadesh.

⁹The voice of the Lord makes ^(X)the deer give birth^[d]
and strips the forests bare,
and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

¹⁰The Lord sits enthroned over ^(Y)the flood;
the Lord sits enthroned ^(Z)as king forever.
¹¹May the Lord give ^(AA)strength to his people!
May the Lord bless^[e] his people with ^(AB)peace!

Joy Comes with the Morning

A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of ^(AC)the temple.

30 I will ^(AD)extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up
    and have not let my foes ^(AE)rejoice over me.
²O Lord my God, I ^(AF)cried to you for help,
    and you have ^(AG)healed me.
³O Lord, you have brought up my soul from ^(AH)Sheol;
    you restored me to life from among those who ^(AI)go down to the pit.^[f]

⁴Sing praises to the Lord, O you ^(AJ)his saints,
    and ^(AK)give thanks to his holy name.^[g]
⁵^(AL)For his anger is but for a moment,
    and ^(AM)his favor is for a lifetime.^[h]
^(AN)Weeping may tarry for the night,
    but ^(AO)joy comes with the morning.

Footnotes

Psalm 28:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts is their strength
Psalm 29:1 Hebrew sons of God, or sons of might
Psalm 29:2 Or in holy attire
Psalm 29:9 Revocalization yields makes the oaks to shake
Psalm 29:11 Or The Lord will give… The Lord will bless
Psalm 30:3 Or to life, that I should not go down to the pit
Psalm 30:4 Hebrew to the memorial of his holiness (see Exodus 3:15)
Psalm 30:5 Or and in his favor is life