| 1 | <[A Psalm] of David.> Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, [if] thou be silent to me, 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 thy holy oracle. |
| 3 | Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts. |
| 4 | Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. |
| 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 thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. |
