Psalm 28

Rejoicing in Answered Prayer
 A Psalm of David.

¹ To You I will cry, O LORD my Rock:
 Do not be silent to me,
 Lest, if You are silent to me,
 I become like those who go down to the pit.
² Hear the voice of my supplications
 When I cry to You,
 When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
³ Do not take me away with the wicked
 And with the workers of iniquity,
 Who speak peace to their neighbors,
 But evil is in their hearts.
⁴ Give them according to their deeds,
 And according to the wickedness of their endeavors;
 Give them according to the work of their hands;
 Render to them what they deserve.
⁵ Because they do not regard the works of the LORD,
 Nor the operation of His hands,
 He shall destroy them
 And not build them up.
⁶ Blessed be the LORD,
 Because He has heard the voice of my supplications!
⁷ The LORD is my strength and my shield;
 My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped;
 Therefore my heart greatly rejoices,
 And with my song I will praise Him.
⁸ The LORD is their strength,
 And He is the saving refuge of His anointed.
⁹ Save Your people,
 And bless Your inheritance;
 Shepherd them also,
 And bear them up forever.