Psalm 28

[1]   To you, O LORD, I call;
         my rock, do not refuse to hear me,
    for if you are silent to me,
         I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.
[2]   Hear the voice of my supplication,
         as I cry to you for help,
    as I lift up my hands
         toward your most holy sanctuary.

[3]   Do not drag me away with the wicked,
         with those who are workers of evil,
    who speak peace with their neighbors,
         while mischief is in their hearts.
[4]   Repay them according to their work,
         and according to the evil of their deeds;
    repay them according to the work of their hands;
         render them their due reward.
[5]   Because they do not regard the works of the LORD,
         or the work of his hands,
    he will break them down and build them up no more.

[6]   Blessed be the LORD,
         for he has heard the sound of my pleadings.
[7]   The LORD is my strength and my shield;
         in him my heart trusts;
    so I am helped, and my heart exults,
         and with my song I give thanks to him.

[8]   The LORD is the strength of his people;
         he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
[9]   O save your people, and bless your heritage;
         be their shepherd, and carry them forever.