[1] To You, O LORD, will I cry; my Rock, do not be silent to me; lest if You were silent to me, then I would become like those who go down to the pit. [2] Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You, when I lift up my hands toward Your most holy place. [3] Do not draw me away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. [4] Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them according to the work of their hands; return to them what they deserve. [5] Because they do not regard the works of the LORD, nor the work of His hands, He will destroy them and not build them up. [6] Blessed be the LORD, because He has heard the voice of my supplications. [7] The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I was helped; therefore my heart rejoices, and with my song I will thank Him. [8] The LORD is the strength of His people, and He is the saving strength of His anointed. [9] Save Your people, and bless Your inheritance; feed them and lift them up forever.
