Psalm 28
By David.
1 To
you, LORD, 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.
2 Hear
the voice of
my petitions, when
I cry to
you,
when I lift
up my hands
toward your Most
Holy Place.
3 Don’t draw
me away with
the wicked,
with the workers
of iniquity who
speak peace with
their neighbors,
but mischief is
in their hearts.
4 Give
them according to
their work, and
according to the
wickedness of
their doings.
Give them
according to the
operation of their
hands.
Bring back on
them what
they deserve.
5 Because
they don’t respect the
works of the
LORD,
nor the operation
of his hands,
he will break
them down and
not build them
up.
6 Blessed
be the LORD,
because he has
heard the voice
of my petitions.
7 The
LORD is my
strength and my
shield.
My heart
has trusted in him,
and I am
helped.
Therefore my
heart greatly rejoices.
With my song
I will thank
him.
8 The
LORD is their
strength.
He is a
stronghold of
salvation to his
anointed.
9 Save
your people,
and bless your
inheritance.
Be their shepherd
also,
and bear them
up forever.