Psalm 28:title–9

The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield

28Of David.

¹To 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.

^2mHear 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

³Do not ^pdrag me off with the wicked,

with the workers of evil,

^qwho speak peace with their neighbors

while evil is in their hearts.

^4rGive 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.

⁵Because 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.

⁶Blessed be the Lord!

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

⁷The 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.

⁸The Lord is the strength of his people;²

he is ^ythe saving refuge of his anointed.

⁹Oh, save your people and bless ^zyour heritage!

^aBe their shepherd and ^bcarry them forever.