Summary: <div class="poetry"> <p class="line"><strong>Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Psalm 28. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-28/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-28/</a>.</strong></p> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-28-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>To you, O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, I call;</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-28-1">my rock, be not deaf to me,</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-28-1">lest, if you be silent to me,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-28-1">I become like those who go down to the pit.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14302" class="text Ps-28-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-28-2">when I cry to you for help,</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-28-2">when I lift up my hands</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-28-2">toward your most holy sanctuary.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14303" class="text Ps-28-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>Do not drag me off with the wicked,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-28-3">with the workers of evil,</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-28-3">who speak peace with their neighbors</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-28-3">while evil is in their hearts.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14304" class="text Ps-28-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Give to them according to their work</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-28-4">and according to the evil of their deeds;</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-28-4">give to them according to the work of their hands;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-28-4">render them their due reward.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14305" class="text Ps-28-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>Because they do not regard the works of the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-28-5">or the work of his hands,</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-28-5">he will tear them down and build them up no more.</span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14306" class="text Ps-28-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>Blessed be the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>!</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-28-6">For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14307" class="text Ps-28-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> is my strength and my shield;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-28-7">in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-28-7">my heart exults,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-28-7">and with my song I give thanks to him.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14308" class="text Ps-28-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>The <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> is the strength of his people;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-br"></span></span></p> </div>
