[1] Unto Thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me, lest, if Thou be silent, I become like them that go down into the pit. [2] Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto Thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of Thy sanctuary. [3] Draw me not away with the wicked and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. [4] Give to them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give to them according to the work of their hands; render to them their deserts. [5] Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them and not build them up. [6] Blessed be the LORD, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications! [7] The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise Him. [8] The LORD is their strength, and He is the saving strength of His anointed. [9] Save the people, and bless Thine inheritance; feed them also, and lift them up forever.
