Psalm

28 To you I keep calling, O Jehovah my Rock;+

Do not turn a deaf ear to me.

If you keep silent toward me,

I will become like those going down to the pit.*+

 2 Hear my pleas when I cry to you for help

As I lift up my hands toward the innermost room of your sanctuary.+

 3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those practicing what is hurtful,+

Those who are speaking words of peace with their fellow man while evil is in their hearts.+

 4 Pay them back for their deeds,+

According to their evil practices.

Repay them for the work of their hands,

According to what they have done.+

 5 For they pay no attention to the activities of Jehovah,+

Nor to the work of his hands.+

 6 May Jehovah be praised,

For he has heard my pleas for help.

 7 Jehovah is my strength+ and my shield;+

In him my heart trusts.+

I have received his help, and my heart rejoices,

So I will praise him with my song.

 8 Jehovah is a strength for his people;

He is a stronghold, bringing grand salvation to his anointed one.+