Book First
Chap. 28
1 Of David. Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I call; O my rock, be not silent to me, lest thou be silent to me and I become like unto those that go down to the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry for help, unto thee, when I lift up my hands towards thy holy oracle.
3 Take me not away with the wicked and with the doers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors and evil is in their hearts.
4 Give unto them according to their deed and according to the evil of their works; according to the work of their hands give thou to them; return their recompense unto them.
5 For they attend not unto the deeds of Jehovah and unto the work of his hands; he will destroy them and will not build them.
6 Blessed [be] Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7 Jehovah [is] my strength and my shield, in him hath my heart trusted, and I have been helped; my heart also exulteth, and with my song do I praise him.
8 Jehovah [is] strength to him, yea, a stronghold of the salvation of his anointed [is] he.
9 Save thy people and bless thine inheritance, and feed them and lift them up forever.