28 O Lord, I call to you.
O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me.
If you remain silent,
I will be like those who go into the pit.
² Hear my prayer for mercy when I call to you for help,
when I lift my hands toward your most holy place.
³ Do not drag me away with wicked people,
with troublemakers who speak of peace with their neighbors
but have evil in their hearts.
⁴ Pay them back for what they have done,
for their evil deeds.
Pay them back for what their hands have done,
and give them what they deserve.
⁵ The Lord will tear them down and never build them up again,
because they never consider what he has done
or what his hands have made.