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Psalm 28 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Psa 28:1(LXX 27:1) 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.
Psa 28:2(LXX 27:2) Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple.
Psa 28:3(LXX 27:3) Draw not away my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbours, but evils are in their hearts.
Psa 28:4(LXX 27:4) Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompence unto them.
Psa 28:5(LXX 27:5) Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.
Psa 28:6(LXX 27:6) Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition.
Psa 28:7(LXX 27:7) The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I [fn]give praise to him.
Psa 28:8(LXX 27:8) The Lord is the strength of his people, and the [fn]saving defender of his anointed.
Psa 28:9(LXX 27:9) Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: and take care of them, and lift them up for ever.
BES Footnotes
Or, confess to him.
Gr. defender of the salvation of.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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