Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Of David. To you, LORD, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit. New Living Translation I pray to you, O LORD, my rock. Do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you are silent, I might as well give up and die. English Standard Version To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. Berean Standard Bible Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit. King James Bible A Psalm of David. 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. New King James Version A Psalm of David. To You I will cry, O LORD my Rock: Do not be silent to me, Lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. New American Standard Bible A Psalm of David. To You, LORD, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit. NASB 1995 A Psalm of David. To You, O LORD, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit. NASB 1977 To Thee, O LORD, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, Lest, if Thou be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. Legacy Standard Bible Of David. To You, O Yahweh, I call; My rock, do not be silent to me, Lest if You are hesitant toward me, I will become like those who go down to the pit. Amplified Bible A Psalm of David. To you I call, O LORD, My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit (grave). Christian Standard Bible Of David. LORD, I call to you; my rock, do not be deaf to me. If you remain silent to me, I will be like those going down to the Pit. Holman Christian Standard Bible Davidic. LORD, I call to You; my rock, do not be deaf to me. If You remain silent to me, I will be like those going down to the Pit. American Standard Version A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Contemporary English Version Only you, LORD, are a mighty rock! Don't refuse to help me when I pray. If you don't answer me, I will soon be dead. English Revised Version A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O LORD, will I call; my rock, be not thou deaf unto me: lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit. GOD'S WORD® Translation [By David.] O LORD, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go into the pit. Good News Translation O LORD, my defender, I call to you. Listen to my cry! If you do not answer me, I will be among those who go down to the world of the dead. International Standard Version To you, LORD, I cry out! My Rock, do not refuse to answer me. If you remain silent, I will become like those who descend into the Pit. Majority Standard Bible Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit. NET Bible By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave. New Heart English Bible [By David.] To you, LORD, I call. My rock, do not be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit. Webster's Bible Translation A Psalm of David. To thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou shouldst be silent to me, I should become like them that go down into the pit. World English Bible By David. To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBY DAVID. To You, O YHWH, I call, "" My rock, do not be silent to me! Lest You are silent to me, "" And I have been compared "" With those going down to the pit. Young's Literal Translation By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit. Smith's Literal Translation To David. To thee, O Jehovah, will I call, my rock; thou wilt not be silent from me: lest thou wilt be silent from me and I was made like with them going down to the pit. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleA psalm for David himself. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord: O my God, be not thou silent to me: lest thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Of David. To you, LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be deaf to me, Do not be silent toward me, so that I join those who go down to the pit. New Revised Standard Version To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, do not refuse to hear me, for if you are silent to me, I shall be like those who go down to the Pit. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleUNTO thee have I cried, O my God; be not silent to me, lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated To you I cried, LORD JEHOVAH, my God; do not be silent to me, lest you be silent to me and I shall be handed over with those who go down to the pit. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917[A Psalm] of David. Unto thee, O LORD, do I call; My Rock, be not Thou deaf unto me; Lest, if Thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Brenton Septuagint Translation A Psalm of David. To thee, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me: lest thou be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD is My Strength1Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit. 2Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.… Cross References Psalm 143:7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit. Psalm 27:9 Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation. Psalm 35:22 O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me. Psalm 39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers. Psalm 83:1 A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God. Psalm 88:13-14 But to You, O LORD, I cry for help; in the morning my prayer comes before You. / Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me? Psalm 102:2 Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call. Psalm 141:1 A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You. Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. Isaiah 59:1-2 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear. / But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. Lamentations 3:8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer. Micah 3:4 Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done. Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 15:23 But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” Luke 18:1-8 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: / “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men. / And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ ... Treasury of Scripture To you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Unto Psalm 3:4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. Psalm 5:2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. Psalm 22:2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. O Psalm 18:2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. Psalm 42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Isaiah 26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: be Psalm 35:22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. Psalm 83:1 A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. to [heb. Psalm 30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Psalm 69:15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. Psalm 88:4-6 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: … Jump to Previous Compared Cry David Deaf Ear Goes Pit Psalm Rock Shouldst Silence Silent Turn UnderworldJump to Next Compared Cry David Deaf Ear Goes Pit Psalm Rock Shouldst Silence Silent Turn UnderworldPsalm 28 1. David prays earnestly against his enemies6. and for the people To You, O LORD, I call The phrase begins with a direct address to the LORD, emphasizing a personal and intimate relationship with God. The Hebrew word for "LORD" here is "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, which signifies His eternal presence and faithfulness. The act of calling upon the LORD is a demonstration of trust and dependence, acknowledging Him as the ultimate source of help and salvation. In the historical context, calling upon the LORD was a common practice among the Israelites, reflecting their reliance on God's covenant promises. my Rock do not be deaf to me For if You remain silent I will be like those descending to the Pit Be not silent to me.--Vulg. and margin, rightly, "from me." The word rendered "silent" appears, like ????? in Greek, to have the double meaning of deaf and dumb, and is apparently from an analogous derivation. (See Gesenius, Lex., sub voce.) Hence we might render, "turn not a deaf ear to me," or "turn not from me in silence." . . . Verse 1. - Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my Rock; be not silent to me; rather, as in the Revised Version, to thee, O Lord, will I call; my Rock, be not thou deaf unto me. "My Rock" belongs to the second clause. It is with David, in these early psalms, an epitheton usilatum (comp. Psalm 18:2; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 31:2, 3; Psalm 40:3; Psalm 61:2; Psalm 62:2, etc.). The Hebrew term used is sometimes taut, sometimes sela, which call to our minds the two great rook-fortresses of Tyre and Petra. Lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit; i.e. without hope, desperate.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Of David.לְדָוִ֡ד (lə·ḏā·wiḏ) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse To You, אֵ֘לֶ֤יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to O LORD, יְהוָ֨ה ׀ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel I call; אֶקְרָ֗א (’eq·rā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read be not אַֽל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not deaf תֶּחֱרַ֪שׁ (te·ḥĕ·raš) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise to me, מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּי (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of O my rock. צוּרִי֮ (ṣū·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge For if פֶּן־ (pen-) Conjunction Strong's 6435: Removal, lest You remain silent, תֶּֽחֱשֶׁ֥ה (te·ḥĕ·šeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise I will be like וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי (wə·nim·šal·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 4911: To liken, to use, language, in, to resemble those עִם־ (‘im-) Preposition Strong's 5973: With, equally with descending י֥וֹרְדֵי (yō·wr·ḏê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend to the Pit. בֽוֹר׃ (ḇō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 953: A pit, cistern, well Links Psalm 28:1 NIVPsalm 28:1 NLT Psalm 28:1 ESV Psalm 28:1 NASB Psalm 28:1 KJV Psalm 28:1 BibleApps.com Psalm 28:1 Biblia Paralela Psalm 28:1 Chinese Bible Psalm 28:1 French Bible Psalm 28:1 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 28:1 By David (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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