1To you, O Lord, I call;

my rock, do not refuse to hear me,

for if you are silent to me,

I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.*

2Hear the voice of my supplication,

as I cry to you for help,

as I lift up my hands

toward your most holy sanctuary.x^,*

3Do not drag me away with the wicked,

with those who are workers of evil,

who speak peace with their neighbors

while mischief is in their hearts.*

4Repay them according to their work

and according to the evil of their deeds;

repay them according to the work of their hands;

render them their due reward.*

5Because they do not regard the works of the Lord

or the work of his hands,

he will break them down and build them up no more.*

6Blessed be the Lord,

for he has heard the sound of my pleadings.*

7The Lord is my strength and my shield;

in him my heart trusts;

so I am helped, and my heart exults,

and with my song I give thanks to him.*

8The Lord is the strength of his people;

he is the saving refuge of his anointed.*

9O save your people and bless your heritage;

be their shepherd and carry them forever.*