Psalms 28
1Unto thee, O Jehovah , will I call : My rock , be not thou deaf unto me ; Lest , if thou be silent unto me , I become like them that go down into the pit. 2Hear the voice of my supplications , when I cry unto thee , When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle . 3Draw me not away with the wicked , And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors , But mischief is in their hearts . 4Give them according to their work , and according to the wickedness of their doings : Give them after the operation of their hands ; Render to them their desert . 5Because they regard not the works of Jehovah , Nor the operation of his hands , He will break them down and not build them up . 6Blessed be Jehovah , Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications . 7Jehovah is my strength and my shield ; My heart hath trusted in him , and I am helped : Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth ; And with my song will I praise him . 8Jehovah is their strength , And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed . 9Save thy people , and bless thine inheritance : Be their shepherd also , and bear them up for ever .