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29">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">A Prayer for Help<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.28.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.28.1" class="v19_28_1">1</span>O <span class="nd">Lord</span>, my defender, I call to you.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_1">Listen to my cry!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_1">If you do not answer me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_1">I will be among those who go down to the world of the dead.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.28.2" class="v19_28_2">2</span>Hear me when I cry to you for help,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_2">when I lift my hands toward your holy Temple.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.28.3" class="v19_28_3">3</span>Do not condemn me with the wicked,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_3">with those who do evil—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_3">those whose words are friendly,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_3">but who have hatred in their hearts.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.28.4" class="v19_28_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.28.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Punish them for what they have done,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_4">for the evil they have committed.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_4">Punish them for all their deeds;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_4">give them what they deserve!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.28.5" class="v19_28_5">5</span>They take no notice of what the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has done</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_5">or of what he has made;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_5">so he will punish them</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_5">and destroy them forever.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.28.6" class="v19_28_6">6</span>Give praise to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_6">he has heard my cry for help.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.28.7" class="v19_28_7">7</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> protects and defends me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_7">I trust in him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_7">He gives me help and makes me glad;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_7">I praise him with joyful songs.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.28.8" class="v19_28_8">8</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> protects his people;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_8">he defends and saves his chosen king.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.28.9" class="v19_28_9">9</span>Save your people, <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_9">and bless those who are yours.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_28_9">Be their shepherd,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_28_9">and take care of them forever.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">By David.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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