^28:1 To you, O Jehovah, I will call. My rock, do not be deaf to me, lest, if you are quiet toward me, I become like those who go down into the pit. ^28:2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy oracle.

    ^28:3 Do not draw me away with the wicked and with the workers of wickedness, who speak peace with their neighbors, but evil is in their hearts.

    ^28:4 Give them according to their work and according to the wickedness of their practices. Give them after the operation of their hands. Render to them their recompense, ^28:5 because they do not regard the works of Jehovah, nor the operation of his hands. He will break them down and not build them up.

    ^28:6 Praise Jehovah, because he has heard the voice of my supplications. ^28:7 Jehovah is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices and with my song I will praise 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. Be also their shepherd and bear them up everlasting.