{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":28,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/27","next":"psalms/29","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"1 To You, O LORD, I call;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be not deaf to me, O my Rock."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For if You remain silent,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will be like those descending to the Pit."}],"h":"The LORD Is My Strength","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You {for help}, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.","f":["Or Your innermost sanctuary or Your Most Holy Place"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Hear my cry for mercy"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when I call to You {for help},"},{"style":"indent1","t":"when I lift up my hands"},{"style":"indent2","t":"toward Your holy sanctuary."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not drag me away with the wicked,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and with the workers of iniquity,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"who speak peace to their neighbors"},{"style":"indent2","t":"while malice is in their hearts."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Repay them according to their deeds"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and for their works of evil."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Repay them for what their hands have done;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"bring back on them what they deserve."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD or what His hands have done, He will tear them down and never rebuild them.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Since they show no regard for the works of the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or what His hands have done,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"He will tear them down"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and never rebuild them."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Blessed be the LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for He has heard my cry for mercy."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD is my strength and my shield;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Therefore my heart rejoices,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I give thanks to Him with my song."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"The LORD is the strength of His people, a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The LORD is the strength of His people,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a stronghold of salvation for His anointed."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Save Your people and bless Your inheritance;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"shepherd them and carry them forever."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"Of David."}