Psalm 28-31

New King James Version

³ Do not ^[a]take me away with the wicked
And with the workers of iniquity,
^(E)Who speak peace to their neighbors,
But evil is in their hearts.
^4 (F)Give them according to their deeds,
And according to the wickedness of their endeavors;
Give them according to the work of their hands;
Render to them what they deserve.
⁵ Because ^(G)they do not regard 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 has heard the voice of my supplications!
⁷ The Lord is ^(H)my strength and my shield;
My heart ^(I)trusted in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
And with my song I will praise Him.

⁸ The Lord is ^[b]their strength,
And He is the ^(J)saving refuge of His ^[c]anointed.
⁹ Save Your people,
And bless ^(K)Your inheritance;
Shepherd them also,
^(L)And bear them up forever.

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

⁵ The voice of the Lord breaks ^(P)the cedars,
Yes, the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon.
^6 (Q)He makes them also skip like a calf,
Lebanon and ^(R)Sirion like a young wild ox.
⁷ The voice of the Lord ^[h]divides the flames of fire.

⁸ The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
The Lord shakes the Wilderness of ^(S)Kadesh.
⁹ The voice of the Lord makes the ^(T)deer give birth,
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!”

¹⁰ The ^(U)Lord sat enthroned at the Flood,
And ^(V)the Lord sits as King forever.
^11 (W)The Lord will give strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace.

^4 (AC)Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His,
And give thanks at the remembrance of ^[j]His holy name.
⁵ For ^(AD)His anger is but for a moment,
^(AE)His favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a night,
But ^[k]joy comes in the morning.

⁶ Now in my prosperity I said,
“I shall never be ^[l]moved.”
⁷ Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong;
^(AF)You hid Your face, and I was troubled.

⁸ I cried out to You, O Lord;
And to the Lord I made supplication:
⁹ “What profit is there in my blood,
When I go down to the pit?
^(AG)Will the dust praise You?
Will it declare Your truth?
¹⁰ Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me;
Lord, be my helper!”

^11 (AH)You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have put off ^[m]my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
¹² To the end that my ^[n]glory may sing praise to You and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.

^3 (AK)For You are my rock and my fortress;
Therefore, ^(AL)for Your name’s sake,
Lead me and guide me.
⁴ Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength.
^5 (AM)Into Your hand I commit my spirit;
You have redeemed me, O Lord God of ^(AN)truth.

⁶ I have hated those ^(AO)who regard useless idols;
But I trust in the Lord.
⁷ I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy,
For You have considered my trouble;
You have ^(AP)known my soul in ^[r]adversities,
⁸ And have not ^(AQ)shut^[s] me up into the hand of the enemy;
^(AR)You have set my feet in a wide place.

⁹ Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
^(AS)My eye wastes away with grief,
Yes, my soul and my ^[t]body!
¹⁰ For my life is spent with grief,
And my years with sighing;
My strength fails because of my iniquity,
And my bones waste away.
^11 (AT)I am a ^[u]reproach among all my enemies,
But ^(AU)especially among my neighbors,
And am repulsive to my acquaintances;
^(AV)Those who see me outside flee from me.
^12 (AW)I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a ^[v]broken vessel.
^13 (AX)For I hear the slander of many;
^(AY)Fear is on every side;
While they ^(AZ)take counsel together against me,
They scheme to take away my life.

¹⁴ But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵ My times are in Your ^(BA)hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies,
And from those who persecute me.
^16 (BB)Make Your face shine upon Your servant;
Save me for Your mercies’ sake.
^17 (BC)Do not let me be ashamed, O Lord, for I have called upon You;
Let the wicked be ashamed;
^(BD)Let them be silent in the grave.
^18 (BE)Let the lying lips be put to silence,
Which ^(BF)speak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

^19 (BG)Oh, how great is Your goodness,
Which You have laid up for those who fear You,
Which You have prepared for those who trust in You
In the presence of the sons of men!
^20 (BH)You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence
From the plots of man;
^(BI)You shall keep them secretly in a ^[w]pavilion
From the strife of tongues.

²¹ Blessed be the Lord,
For ^(BJ)He has shown me His marvelous kindness in a ^[x]strong city!
²² For I said in my haste,
“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;
Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications
When I cried out to You.

²³ Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints!
For the Lord preserves the faithful,
And fully repays the proud person.
^24 (BK)Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart,
All you who hope in the Lord.