28:1 Of David. To you I call, O LORD my Rock; do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who have gone down to the pit.
28:2 Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
28:3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.
28:4 Repay them for their deeds and for their evil work; repay them for what their hands have done and bring back upon them what they deserve.
28:5 Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD and what his hands have done, he will tear them down and never build them up again.
28:6 Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my cry for mercy.
28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.
28:8 The LORD is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
28:9 Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.
28:1 To You, O Jehovah, do I call out; / My rock, do not be deaf to me, / Lest, if You are silent to me, / I become like those who go down into the pit.
28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications / When I cry out to You, / When I lift up my hands / Unto Your innermost sanctuary.
28:3 Do not drag me away with the wicked / And with the workers of iniquity, / Who speak peace to their neighbors / While evil is in their heart.
28:4 Repay them according to what they have done / And according to the evil of their deeds; / According to the work of their hands repay them; / Return to them their due.
28:5 For they do not regard the acts of Jehovah / Or the work of His hands; / He will tear them down / And not rebuild them.
28:6 Blessed be Jehovah, / For He has heard the voice of my supplications.
28:7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield; / My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; / Therefore my heart exults; / And with my song do I give thanks to Him.
28:8 Jehovah is their strength; / And He is a stronghold of salvation to His anointed.
28:9 Save Your people, / And bless Your inheritance; / And shepherd them and carry them forever.