Psaltaren 28
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Psalm 28
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1 Av David.
Till dig, Herre, ropar jag,
    min klippa, var ej stum mot mig.
Om du är tyst mot mig,
    blir jag lik dem som far ner i graven.
2 Hör mina böners ljud
    när jag ropar till dig,
när jag lyfter mina händer
    mot det innersta i din helgedom.
3 För inte bort mig med ogudaktiga
    och med ogärningsmän,
som talar vänligt med sin nästa
    men har ondska i sina hjärtan.
4 Löna dem efter deras handlingar,
    efter deras onda gärningar.
Löna dem efter deras händers verk,
    vedergäll dem för vad de har gjort.
5 Ty de ger inte akt på Herrens gärningar,
på hans händers verk.
    Därför skall han slå ner dem
och inte mer bygga upp dem.
6 Välsignad vare Herren,
    ty han har hört mina böner om nåd.
7 Herren är min styrka och min sköld,
på honom förtröstade mitt hjärta.
    Jag fick hjälp och mitt hjärta gläder sig.
Jag vill tacka honom med min sång.
8 Herren är sitt folks styrka,
    ett frälsningens värn är han för sin smorde.
9 Fräls ditt folk
    och välsigna din arvedel,
var deras herde och bär dem för evigt!
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.
Psalm 28
New International Version
Psalm 28
Of David.
1 To you, Lord, I call;
    you are my Rock,
    do not turn a deaf ear(A) to me.
For if you remain silent,(B)
    I will be like those who go down to the pit.(C)
2 Hear my cry for mercy(D)
    as I call to you for help,
as I lift up my hands(E)
    toward your Most Holy Place.(F)
3 Do not drag me away with the wicked,
    with those who do evil,
who speak cordially with their neighbors
    but harbor malice in their hearts.(G)
4 Repay them for their deeds
    and for their evil work;
repay them for what their hands have done(H)
    and bring back on them what they deserve.(I)
5 Because they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord
    and what his hands have done,(J)
he will tear them down
    and never build them up again.
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.
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