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1 Of David.
To you, O LORD, I call;
be not deaf to me, O my Rock.
For if you remain silent,
I will be like those descending to the Pit.
2 Hear my cry for mercy
when I call to you for help,
when I lift up my hands
toward your innermost sanctuary.*28:2 Or your holy sanctuary or your Most Holy Place
3 Do not drag me away with the wicked,
and with the workers of iniquity,
who speak peace to their neighbors
while malice is in their hearts.
4 Repay them according to their deeds
and for their works of evil.
Repay them for what their hands have done;
bring back on them what they deserve.
5 Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD
or what his hands have done,
he will tear them down
and never rebuild them.
6 Blessed be the LORD,
for he has heard my cry for mercy.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
Therefore my heart rejoices,
and I give thanks to him with my song.
8 The LORD is their strength,†28:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts and LXX the strength of his people
a stronghold of deliverance for his anointed.
9 Save your people and bless your inheritance;
shepherd them and carry them forever.