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Psalms 28

9 aligned verses; 8 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse ASV American Standard Version KJV King James Version
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.
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.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity ; That speak peace with their neighbors , But mischief is in their hearts.
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.
Give them according to their work , and according to the wickedness of their doings : Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.
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.
Because they regard not the works of Jehovah , Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
Because they regard not the works of the LORD , nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them , and not build them up.
Blessed be Jehovah , Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
Blessed be the LORD , because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.
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.
Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.
The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever. Psalm 29 A Psalm of David.
Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

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