28 ¹ To you, O Yahweh, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you are silent to me,
I become like those who go down to the Pit.
28 ² Hear the voice of my supplication, as I cry to you for help,
as I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

28 ³ Take me not off with the wicked, with those who are workers of evil,
who speak peace with their neighbours, while mischief is in their hearts.
28 ⁴ Requite them according to their work, and according to the evil of their deeds;
requite them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.
28 ⁵ Because they do not regard the works of Yahweh, or the work of his hands,
he will break them down and build them up no more.

28 ⁶ Blessed be Yahweh!
for he has heard the voice of my supplications.
28 ⁷ Yahweh is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts;
so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

28 ⁸ Yahweh is the strength of his people,
he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
28 ⁹ O save your people, and bless your heritage;
be their shepherd, and carry them for ever.