Psalms 28:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

To you I cry, O LORD my rock; do not be silent to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְדָוִ֡ד אֵ֘לֶ֤יךָ יְהוָ֨ה ׀ אֶקְרָ֗א צוּרִי֮ אַֽל־תֶּחֱרַ֢שׁ מִּ֫מֶּ֥נִּי פֶּן־תֶּֽחֱשֶׁ֥ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי עִם־י֥וֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

To Dāwid, unto ʾēleykā YHWH I ʾeqrāʾ, ṣûrî, do not teḥĕraš from me, lest you teḥĕšeh from me, and I be nimšaltî with those yôrĕdê bôr.

Grammar Details

• *Dāwid*: proper name with preposition lamed - belonging to/of David
• *ʾēleykā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to/unto you
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾeqrāʾ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I call/cry out
• *ṣûrî*: noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my rock
• *teḥĕraš*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with negative particle - be silent/deaf toward
• *teḥĕšeh*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with negative particle pen (lest) - be silent/unresponsive
• *nimšaltî*: niphal perfect 1st person singular - I have become like/compared to
• *yôrĕdê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - those who go down
• *bôr*: noun masculine singular - pit/grave/cistern

Word Meanings

• *ṣûrî*: my rock/my strength/my fortress
• *teḥĕraš*: be silent/be deaf/ignore
• *teḥĕšeh*: be silent/be unresponsive/ignore
• *bôr*: pit/grave/cistern/dungeon

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  To you, O LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be silent to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  A alm 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  [ A Psalm of David.] 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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Unto the wil I crie, o my stronge defence: thinke no scorne of me, lest (yf thou make the as though thou herdest not) I become like them, that go downe into ye pytte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  A Psalme of Dauid. Vnto thee, O Lord, doe I crie: O my strength, be not deafe toward mee, lest, if thou answere me not, I be like them that goe downe into the pit.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Vnto thee I crye O God my strength, make not as though thou were deafe at me: lest if thou holdest thy peace, I become like them that go downe into the graue.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ [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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  > 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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  [[ A Psalm] of David]. 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  <Of David.> 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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 18:2 : 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
• Ps 83:1 : 1 Do not remain silent, O God: hold not your peace, and do not be still, O God.
• Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails: do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.
• Prov 1:12 : 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit;
• Ps 88:4-6 : 4 I am counted with those who go down into the pit; I am as a man who has no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, and they are cut off from your hand. 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths.
• Ps 35:22 : 22 This you have seen, O LORD; keep not silence; O Lord, be not far from me.
• Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
• Ps 42:9 : 9 I will say to God my rock, Why have You forgotten me? why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
• Ps 69:15 : 15 Let not the floodwaters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
• Ps 77:1 : 1 I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and He listened to me.
• Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear; and in the night season, and am not silent.
• Ps 30:9 : 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth?
• Job 33:28 : 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
• Ps 3:4 : 4 I cried to the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
• Ps 5:2 : 2 Hear my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you will I pray.
• Ps 142:1 : 1 I cried to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD did I make my plea.
• Isa 26:4 : 4 Trust in the LORD forever, for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.
• Isa 38:18 : 18 For Sheol cannot praise You, death cannot celebrate You: those who go down into the pit cannot hope for Your truth.
• Rev 20:3 : 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were fulfilled; and after that, he must be released for a little while.