1 Of David. Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I call; O my rock, be not silent to me, lest thou be silent to me and I become like unto those that go down to the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry for help unto thee, when I lift up my hands towards thy holy oracle.
3 Take me not away with the wicked and with the doers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors and evil is in their hearts.
4 Give unto them according to their deed and according to the evil of their works; according to the work of their hands give thou to them; return their recompense unto them.
5 For they attend not unto the deeds of Jehovah and unto the work of his hands; he will destroy them and will not build them.
6 Blessed [be] Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7 Jehovah [is] my strength and my shield, in him hath my heart trusted, and I have been helped; my heart also exulteth, and with my song do I praise him.
8 Jehovah [is] strength to him, yea, a stronghold of the salvation of his anointed [is] he.
9 Save thy people and bless thine inheritance, and feed them and lift them up for ever.
Notes on Psalm 28
This is a still more distressful cry, and more judicial in experiencing what the ungodly are. “Of David.” Then comes the prophetic answer, on which they lay hold and rejoice.
These psalms (Psalms 29-31) fall fitly together: not only so, but the first of the three appears to be an answer to the call in Psalm 28.