Psalm 28

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1} To you, LORD, I call. My rock, do not be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit. ^{Tools
2} Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

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3} Do not draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. ^{Tools
4} Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve. ^{Tools
5} Because they do not regard the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.

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6} Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my petitions. ^{Tools
7} The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

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8} The LORD is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. ^{Tools
9} Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.