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Hear the sound of my pleading when I cry to you for help
    when I lift up my hands toward your holy place.[a](A)
Do not drag me off with the wicked,
    with those who do wrong,(B)
Who speak peace to their neighbors
    though evil is in their hearts.(C)
Repay them for their deeds,
    for the evil that they do.
For the work of their hands repay them;
    give them what they deserve.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:2 Your holy place: the innermost part of the Temple, the holy of holies, containing the ark, cf. 1 Kgs 6:16, 19–23; 8:6–8.