Psalm 28

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.
   
   
2. LORD, do not drag me off to perish
   with those who sin and evil cherish;
   let me not share their condemnation.
   They are a wicked generation;
   to neighbours words of peace they feign
   while in their hearts their misdeeds reign.
   
   
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.
   
   
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.
   
   
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.