Psalms 28

Psalm 28

Prayer for Help and Thanksgiving for It

1To you, O Lord , I call;[#Ps 83.1; 88.4]

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.

2Hear the voice of my supplication,[#Ps 5.7; 138.2; 140.6]

as I cry to you for help,

as I lift up my hands

toward your most holy sanctuary.

3Do not drag me away with the wicked,[#Ps 12.2; 26.9; Jer 9.8]

with those who are workers of evil,

who speak peace with their neighbors

while mischief is in their hearts.

4Repay them according to their work[#Rev 18.6]

and according to the evil of their deeds;

repay them according to the work of their hands;

render them their due reward.

5Because they do not regard the works of the Lord[#Isa 5.12]

or the work of his hands,

he will break them down and build them up no more.

6Blessed be the Lord ,[#Ps 116.1]

for he has heard the sound of my pleadings.

7The Lord is my strength and my shield;[#Ps 13.5; 18.2]

in him my heart trusts;

so I am helped, and my heart exults,

and with my song I give thanks to him.

8The Lord is the strength of his people;[#Ps 20.6]

he is the saving refuge of his anointed.

9O save your people and bless your heritage;[#Deut 9.29; Ezra 1.4]

be their shepherd and carry them forever.

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