The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield

28 Of David.

1  To you, O Lord, I call;

jmy rock, be not deaf to me,

lest, if you kbe silent to me,

I become like those who lgo down to the pit.

2  mHear the voice of my pleas for mercy,

when I cry to you for help,

when I nlift up my hands

otoward your most holy sanctuary.1

3  Do not pdrag me off with the wicked,

with the workers of evil,

qwho speak peace with their neighbors

while evil is in their hearts.

4  rGive to them according to their work

and according to the evil of their deeds;

give to them according to the work of their hands;

srender them their due reward.

5  Because they tdo not regard the works of the Lord

or the work of his hands,

he will tear them down and build them up no more.

6  Blessed be the Lord!

For he has uheard the voice of my pleas for mercy.

7  The Lord is my strength and vmy shield;

in him my heart wtrusts, and I am helped;

my heart exults,

and with my xsong I give thanks to him.

8  The Lord is the strength of his people;2

he is ythe saving refuge of his anointed.

9  Oh, save your people and bless zyour heritage!

aBe their shepherd and bcarry them forever.

Ascribe to the Lord Glory

29 A Psalm of David.

1  Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,1

cascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2  Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

worship the Lord in dthe splendor of holiness.2

3  The voice of the Lord is over ethe waters;

the God of glory fthunders,

the Lord, over many waters.

4  The voice of the Lord is gpowerful;

the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

5  The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;

the Lord breaks hthe cedars of Lebanon.

6  He makes Lebanon to iskip like a calf,

and jSirion like a young kwild ox.

7  The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.

8  The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;

the Lord shakes the wilderness of lKadesh.

9  The voice of the Lord makes mthe deer give birth3

and strips the forests bare,

and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

10  The Lord sits enthroned over nthe flood;

the Lord sits enthroned oas king forever.

11  May the Lord give pstrength to his people!

May the Lord bless4 his people with qpeace!