28 To you, O Lord, I call;
    ^(A)my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you ^(B)be silent to me,
    I become like those who ^(C)go down to the pit.
^2 (D)Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
    when I cry to you for help,
when I ^(E)lift up my hands
    ^(F)toward your most holy sanctuary.^[a]

⁷ The Lord is my strength and ^(A)my shield;
    in him my heart ^(B)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my ^(C)song I give thanks to him.