Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Cross References
Psalm 83:1
O God, keep thou not silence. Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
Psalm 18:2
LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Psalm 143:7
Make haste to answer me, O LORD, my spirit fails. Hide not thy face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit.
Psalm 35:22
Thou have seen it, O LORD. Keep not silence. O LORD, be not far from me.
Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit.
Job 33:28
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall behold the light.
Psalm 3:4
I cry to LORD with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.
Psalm 5:2
Hearken to the voice of my cry, my King, and my God, for to thee do I pray.
Psalm 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answer not, and in the night season, and I 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. Keep not silent at my tears, for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Psalm 42:9
I will say to God my rock, Why have thou forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalm 69:15
Let not the water flood overwhelm me, nor let the deep shallow me up. And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Psalm 77:1
I will cry to God with my voice, even to God with my voice, and he will give ear to me.
Psalm 88:4-6
I am reckoned with those who go down into the pit. I am as a man who has no help,
Psalm 142:1
I cry with my voice to LORD. With my voice to LORD I make supplication.
Isaiah 26:4
Trust ye in LORD forever, for in LORD, [even] LORD, is an everlasting rock.
Isaiah 38:18
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Revelation 20:3
And he cast him into the abyss, and locked and sealed over him, so that he would no longer lead the nations astray until the thousand years were ended. After these things he must be loosed for a little time.