Psalm 28

Tree of Life Version

¹ Of David.
To You, Adonai, I call—
    my Rock, do not be deaf to me.
If You were silent to me,
    I would become like those going down to the Pit.
² Hear the sound of my pleas,
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 doers of iniquity,
who speak peace with their neighbors,
while evil is in their hearts.
⁴ Repay them for their deeds, their evil acts.
Repay them for the deeds of their hands.
Bring back on them what they deserve.
⁵ Since they show no regard for the deeds of Adonai
nor the work of His hands,
He will tear them down
    and never build them up.
⁶ Blessed be Adonai, because He has heard
the sound of my supplications.
⁷ Adonai is my strength and my shield.^[a]
My heart trusts in Him, and I was helped.
Therefore my heart leaps for joy,
and I will praise Him with my song.
⁸ Adonai is their strength—
a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.
⁹ Save Your people, bless Your inheritance,
shepherd them and carry them forever.