Psalm 28
Prayer for Help and Thanksgiving for It
Of David.
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.(A)
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.(B)
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.(C)
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.(D)
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.(E)
6 Blessed be the Lord,
for he has heard the sound of my pleadings.(F)
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.(G)
8 The Lord is the strength of his people;
he is the saving refuge of his anointed.(H)
9 O save your people and bless your heritage;
be their shepherd and carry them forever.(I)
Footnotes
- 28.2
Cross references
- 28.1 : Ps 83.1; 88.4
- 28.2 : Ps 5.7; 138.2; 140.6
- 28.3 : Ps 12.2; 26.9; Jer 9.8
- 28.4 : Rev 18.6
- 28.5 : Isa 5.12
- 28.6 : Ps 116.1
- 28.7 : Ps 13.5; 18.2
- 28.8 : Ps 20.6
- 28.9 : Deut 9.29; Ezra 1.4
