Psalms 28
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Of David.
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Unto you, O Lord, do I cry; my rock, be not deaf to me: lest, through holding your peace, I become like those who go down to the pit.
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2
Hear my loud entreaty, as I cry for help to you, lifting my hands, O Lord, towards your holy chancel.
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3
Take me not off with the wicked, nor with the workers of wrong, whose speech to their neighbors is friendly, while evil is in their heart.
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Give them as they have done, as their wicked deeds deserve. As their hands have wrought, so give to them: requite to them their deserts.
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They are blind to all that the Lord does, to all that his hands have wrought; and so he will tear them down, to build them up no more.
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Blest be the Lord, who has heard my voice as I plead for mercy.
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The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him. I was helped: so my heart is exultant, and in my song I will praise him.
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The Lord is the strength of his people, the fortress who saves his anointed.
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O save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd and carry them forever.
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