The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield

Of David.

28 To you, O Lord, I call;
    (A)my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you (B)be silent to me,
    I become like those who (C)go down to the pit.
(D)Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
    when I cry to you for help,
when I (E)lift up my hands
    (F)toward your most holy sanctuary.[a]

Do not (G)drag me off with the wicked,
    with the workers of evil,
(H)who speak peace with their neighbors
    while evil is in their hearts.
(I)Give to them according to their work
    and according to the evil of their deeds;
give to them according to the work of their hands;
    (J)render them their due reward.
Because they (K)do not regard the works of the Lord
    or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and build them up no more.

Blessed be the Lord!
    For he has (L)heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
The Lord is my strength and (M)my shield;
    in him my heart (N)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my (O)song I give thanks to him.

The Lord is the strength of his people;[b]
    he is (P)the saving refuge of his anointed.
Oh, save your people and bless (Q)your heritage!
    (R)Be their shepherd and (S)carry them forever.

Ascribe to the Lord Glory

A Psalm of David.

29 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,[c]
    (T)ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
    worship the Lord in (U)the splendor of holiness.[d]

The voice of the Lord is over (V)the waters;
    the God of glory (W)thunders,
    the Lord, over many waters.
The voice of the Lord is (X)powerful;
    the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks (Y)the cedars of Lebanon.
He makes Lebanon to (Z)skip like a calf,
    and (AA)Sirion like a young (AB)wild ox.

The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;
    the Lord shakes the wilderness of (AC)Kadesh.

The voice of the Lord makes (AD)the deer give birth[e]
    and strips the forests bare,
    and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

10 The Lord sits enthroned over (AE)the flood;
    the Lord sits enthroned (AF)as king forever.
11 May the Lord give (AG)strength to his people!
    May the Lord bless[f] his people with (AH)peace!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 28:2 Hebrew your innermost sanctuary
  2. Psalm 28:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts is their strength
  3. Psalm 29:1 Hebrew sons of God, or sons of might
  4. Psalm 29:2 Or in holy attire
  5. Psalm 29:9 Revocalization yields makes the oaks to shake
  6. Psalm 29:11 Or The Lord will give… The Lord will bless

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