PSALM 28

1 To You, O Yahweh, I call;	My rock, do not be deaf (charash) to me,
For if You are silent (chashah) to me,	I will become like those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help,	When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

3 Do not drag me away with the wicked	And with those who work iniquity,
Who speak peace with their neighbors,	While evil is in their hearts.
4 Requite them according to their work	and according to the evil of their practices;
Requite them according to the deeds of their hands;	Repay them their recompense.
5 Because they do not regard the works of Yahweh	Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down	and not build them up.

6 Blessed be Yahweh,	Because He has heard the voice of my supplication.
7 Yahweh is my strength and my shield;	My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart exults,	And with my song I shall thank Him.
8 Yahweh is their strength,	And He is a saving defense to His anointed.
9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;	Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.