PSALM 28
1For David.
To You, O LORD, I call.
My Rock, do not be deaf to me.
Lest You be mute to me
and I be like those gone down to the Pit.
2Hear the sound of my pleading
when I cry out to You,
to Your holy shrine.
3Do not pull me down with the wicked,
and with the wrongdoers,
who speak peace to their fellows
with foulness in their heart.
4Pay them back for their acts
and for the evil of their schemings.
Their handiwork give them back in kind.
Pay back what is coming to them.
5For they understand not the acts of the LORD
and His handiwork they would destroy and not build.
6Blessed is the LORD
for He has heard the sound of my pleading.
7The LORD is my strength and my shield.
In Him my heart trusts.
I was helped and my heart rejoiced,
and with my song I acclaim Him.
8The LORD is His people’s strength
and His anointed’s stronghold of rescue.
9Rescue Your people
and bless Your estate.