PSALM 28: If you want your enemy to be friendly with you..

If you want your enemy to be friendly with you, read this psalm in the name of Jesus Christ Of Nazareth.  Its prayer is the prayer under Psalm 16.

Psalm 28

1 O Yahweh, I call to you.
    O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me.
    If you remain silent,
        I will be like those who go into the pit.
2 Hear my prayer for mercy when I call to you for help,
    when I lift my hands toward your most holy place.
3 Do not drag me away with wicked people,
    with troublemakers who speak of peace with their neighbors
        but have evil in their hearts.
4 Pay them back for what they have done,
    for their evil deeds.
    Pay them back for what their hands have done,
    and give them what they deserve.
5 Yahweh will tear them down and never build them up again,
    because they never consider what he has done
        or what his hands have made.

6 Thank Yahweh!
    He has heard my prayer for mercy!
7 Yahweh is my strength and my Magen.
    My heart trusted him, so I received help.
    My heart is triumphant; I give thanks to him with my song.
8 Yahweh is the strength of his people
    and a fortress for the victory of his Messiah.
9 Save your people, and bless those who belong to you.
    Be their Roeh, and carry them forever.

PRAYER:

Psalm 16

1 Protect me, O El, because I take refuge in you.

2 I said to Yahweh,

    “You are my Adonay. Without you, I have nothing good.”

3 Those who lead holy lives on earth

    are the noble ones who fill me with joy.

4 Those who quickly chase after other gods multiply their sorrows.

    I will not pour out their sacrificial offerings of blood

        or use my lips to speak their names.

5 Yahweh is my inheritance and my cup.

    You are the one who determines my destiny.

6 Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me.

    Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful.

7 I will praise Yahweh, who advises me.

    My conscience warns me at night.

8 I always keep Yahweh in front of me.

    When he is by my side, I cannot be moved.

9         That is why my heart is glad and my soul rejoices.

            My body rests securely

10 because you do not abandon my soul to the grave

    or allow your holy one to decay.

11 You make the path of life known to me.

    Complete joy is in your presence.

        Pleasures are by your side forever.