Psalms 28 — The LORD Hears, Helps, and Shepherds His People | World English Bible | OlivePress

Psalms 28:1–5

David cries out to his Rock, pleading for a hearing and asking not to be judged alongside the hypocrites who ignore God's works.

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1 To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

2 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

3 Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

5 Because they don’t respect the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.

Psalms 28:6–9

The Lord has heard my cry for mercy and is my strength and shield; He is the fortress of His anointed and the shepherd who carries His people forever.

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6 Blessed be Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.

7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

8 Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.

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