Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 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. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your holy inner sanctuary.
Cross References
Psalm 83:1
O God, do not rest [silently]. Do not keep silent or be still, O God.
Psalm 18:2
Yahweh [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I have taken refuge, my shield and the horn of my deliverance, my stronghold.
Psalm 143:7
Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like [those] descending to [the] pit.
Psalm 35:22
You have seen, O Yahweh. Do not be deaf. O Lord, do not be far from me.
Proverbs 1:12
Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive and whole, {like those who descend to the pit}.
Job 33:28
He redeemed my life from going down into the pit, so {I will enjoy the light}.'
Psalm 3:4
[With] my voice I call to Yahweh and he answers me from {his holy hill}. Selah
Psalm 5:2
Listen to the sound of my pleading, my king and my God, for to you I pray.
Psalm 22:2
O my God, I call by day and you do not answer, and [by] night but I have no rest.
Psalm 30:9
"What gain [is there] in my {death}, in my going down into [the] pit? Will [the] dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, and listen [to] my cry for help; do not be deaf to my tears. For I [am] an alien with you, a sojourner like all my ancestors.
Psalm 42:9
I say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I walk about mourning because of [the] oppression of [the] enemy?"
Psalm 69:15
Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me, or [the] deep swallow me, or the pit close its mouth over me.
Psalm 77:1
I cry out with my voice to God; with my voice to God, that he may hear me.
Psalm 88:4-6
I am reckoned with [those] descending to [the] pit. I am like a man without strength,
Psalm 142:1
I cry out with my voice to Yahweh; I implore favor with my voice to Yahweh.
Isaiah 26:4
Trust in Yahweh forever, for in Yah, Yahweh [you have] an everlasting rock.
Isaiah 38:18
For Sheol cannot praise you; death [cannot] praise you. Those who go down [to the] pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.
Revelation 20:3
and threw him into the abyss, and shut [it] and sealed [it] above him, in order that he could not deceive the nations again until the thousand years are completed. After these [things] it is necessary [for] him to be released [for] a short time.