Psalms 28

A Prayer for God’s Justice

1 I call out to You, Lord, my Rock; Do not be deaf to me. If You quiet on me, I will be like those who go down to the pit.

2 Listen to my prayer, When I cry out to You, When I lift my hands toward Your holy inner room.

3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, With the evil-doers, Who talk peace to their neighbors But got evil in their hearts.

4 Give them what their works deserve, And what their evil moves earned. Give them what their hands made; Pay them back for what they did.

5 Because they do not pay attention to the Lord’s actions, Or what His hands made, He is going to tear them down and will not build them back up.

A Hymn of Praise

6 Blessed be the Lord, because He heard my prayer.

7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; So my heart celebrates big-time, And I will thank Him with my song.

8 The Lord is the strength of His people, And a fortress of rescue for His chosen one.

9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; Be their shepherd and lift them up forever.