Thi Thiên 28

My rock, do not be silent

¹Of David. I call to you, LORD; my rock, do not refuse to hear me. For if you say nothing to me, I will be like those who sink into the pit. ²Listen to my voice as I beg for mercy and cry to you for help, as I raise my hands toward the innermost room of your holy house. ³Do not haul me away along with the wicked and the evildoers, who wish their neighbors peace while they plan harm in their hearts. ⁴Pay them back for what they do, for the evil of their actions; give them what their hands have earned; let what they deserve come back on them. ⁵Because they pay no attention to what the LORD does or to what his hands have made, he will pull them down and not raise them up again. ⁶Blessed is the LORD, because he has listened to my voice as I pleaded. ⁷The LORD is my strength, the shield that protects me; my heart trusted in him, and help came to me. Now my heart is full of joy, and I will thank him in song. ⁸The LORD is their strength; he is the fortress where his anointed one finds rescue.^{a 9}Rescue your people, bless those who belong to you; be a shepherd to them and carry them in your arms for all time.