1 My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit. | |
2 To You, O LORD, I call; | |
2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help, When I lift up my hands towarda Lit the innermost place of Your sanctuaryYour holy sanctuary. | |
3 Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who work iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts. | |
4 Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices; Requite them according to the deeds of their hands; Repay them theirb Or dealingsrecompense. | |
5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD Nor the deeds of His hands, He will tear them down and not build them up. | |
6 Blessed be the LORD, Because He has heard the voice of my supplication. | |
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him. | |
8 The LORD isc A few mss and ancient versions read the strength of His peopletheir strength, And He is ad Or refuge of salvationsaving defense to His anointed. | |
9 Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever. | |