Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry unto thee, when I hold up my hands toward thine [a]holy Oracle.

[b]Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity: which speak friendly to their neighbors, when malice is in their hearts.

[c]Reward them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their inventions: recompense them after the work of their hands: render them their reward.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 28:2 He used this outward means to help the weakness of his faith: for in that place was the Ark, and there God promised to show the tokens of his favor.
  2. Psalm 28:3 Destroy not the good with the bad.
  3. Psalm 28:4 He thus prayeth in respect to God’s glory and not for his own cause, being assured that God would punish the persecutors of his Church.

Hear my cry for mercy(A)
    as I call to you for help,
as I lift up my hands(B)
    toward your Most Holy Place.(C)

Do not drag me away with the wicked,
    with those who do evil,
who speak cordially with their neighbors
    but harbor malice in their hearts.(D)
Repay them for their deeds
    and for their evil work;
repay them for what their hands have done(E)
    and bring back on them what they deserve.(F)

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