Psalm 28
Psalm 28:1[1] Yahveh, I call to you; my boulder, do not be deaf to me. If you remain silent to me, I will be like those going down to the Hole.
Psalm 28:2 Listen to the sound of my pleading when I cry to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary.
Psalm 28:3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with the evildoers, who speak in friendly ways with their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.
Psalm 28:4 Repay them according to what they have done– according to the evil of their deeds. Repay them according to the work of their hands; give them back what they deserve.
Psalm 28:5 Because they do not perceive what Yahveh has done or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and not rebuild them.
Psalm 28:6 Blessed be Yahveh, because he has heard the sound of my pleading.
Psalm 28:7 Yahveh is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. Therefore, my heart celebrates, and I give thanks to him with my song.
Psalm 28:8 Yahveh is the strength of his people; he is a stronghold of rescue for his anointed.
Psalm 28:9 Save your people, empower your possession, tend them, and carry them permanently.
[1]superscription: of David.
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