Psalm 28
Vers 1
O LORD my Rock, please hear my crying;
do not be deaf to all my sighing.
I’ll be, if left here undefended,
like those who’ve to the pit descended.
I raise my hands to beg for grace
and lift them toward your holy place.
Vers 2
LORD, do not drag me off to perish
with those who sin and evil cherish; l
et me not share their condemnation.
They are a wicked generation;
to neighbours words of peace they feign
while in their hearts their misdeeds reign.
Vers 3
Let those who have in sin delighted
for all their evil be requited.
Reward them for each wicked action;
repay them duly with destruction.
Since they the works of God ignore,
he’ll tear them down, build them no more.
Vers 4
Praised be the God of my salvation,
for he has heard my supplication.
He is my strength, my shield forever;
I trust in him: he fails me never.
My heart exults with joyful song;
to him all thanks and praise belong.
Vers 5
The LORD will grant us preservation;
he as a fortress of salvation
protects him whom he has anointed
and all those as his heirs appointed.
O be their shepherd! Safely guard
and carry them forever, LORD.