Psalm 28

Of David.

Unto you will I cry, O Lord my rock; do not be deaf to my prayer; lest, if you do not answer, I become like those who go down into the pit.

Hear the voice of my humble petitions when I cry unto you, when I hold up my hands toward the sanctuary of your holy temple.

O cast me not away, neither destroy me with the ungodly and evildoers, who speak as friends to their neighbors, but imagine evil in their hearts.

Reward them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their own inventions.

Recompense them according to the work of their hands; pay them what they have deserved.

For they regard not in their mind the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands; therefore he shall break them down and not build them up.

Praised be the Lord, for he has heard the voice of my humble petitions.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart has trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart dances for joy, and in my song will I praise him.

The Lord is my strength, and he is the sure defense of his Anointed.

O save your people, and give your blessing to your inheritance; feed them, and lift them up for ever.