Parallel Verses
Webster
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.
New American Standard Bible
A Psalm of David.
To You, O Lord, I call;
My
For if You
I will become like those who
King James Version
{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.
Holman Bible
Davidic.
my rock, do not be deaf to me.
If You remain silent to me,
I will be like those going down to the Pit.
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.
A Conservative Version
To thee, O LORD, I will call. My rock, be not thou deaf to me, lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.
American Standard 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.
Amplified
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).
Bible in Basic English
My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.
Darby Translation
{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Julia Smith 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
King James 2000
[A Psalm of David.] Unto 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
To you, O Yahweh, I call. O my rock, do not be deaf to me. Or else, if you are silent to me, then I will become like those descending to [the] pit.
Modern King James verseion
A Psalm of David. I will cry to You, O Jehovah; my Rock, do not be deaf to me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{A Psalm of David} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD, my strength; think no scorn of me, lest, if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into 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
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, O my Rock! do not turn in silence from me, - lest, if thou turn from me in silence, I be like them who go down into the pit.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs 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.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 28:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
My Strength
1 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. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry to thee, when I lift my hands towards thy holy oracle.
Cross References
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.
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 143:7
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them that go down into the pit.
Psalm 35:22
This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Job 33:28
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Psalm 3:4
I cried to the LORD with my voice, and he heard me from his holy hill. Selah.
Psalm 5:2
Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for to thee will I pray.
Psalm 22:2
O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
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 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Psalm 42:9
I will say to God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalm 69:15
Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Psalm 77:1
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried to God with my voice, even to God with my voice; and he gave ear to 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:
Psalm 142:1
Maschil of David; a prayer when he was in the cave. I cried to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD I made my supplication.
Isaiah 26:4
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
Isaiah 38:18
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Revelation 20:3
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that he must be loosed a little season.