1 U nto You do I cry, O Lord my Rock, be not deaf and silent to me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like those going down to the pit.
To You I will cry, O Lord my Rock: Do not be silent to me, Lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
2 H ear the voice of my supplication as I cry to You for help, as I lift up my hands toward Your innermost sanctuary (the Holy of Holies).
Hear the voice of my supplications When I cry to You, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
3 D rag me not away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but malice and mischief are in their hearts.
Do not take me away with the wicked And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace to their neighbors, But evil is in their hearts.
4 R epay them according to their work and according to the wickedness of their doings; repay them according to the work of their hands; render to them what they deserve.
Give them according to their deeds, And according to the wickedness of their endeavors; Give them according to the work of their hands; Render to them what they deserve.
5 B ecause they regard not the works of the Lord nor the operations of His hands, He will break them down and not rebuild them.
Because they do not regard the works of the Lord, Nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up.
6 B lessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplications.
Blessed be the Lord, Because He has heard the voice of my supplications!
7 T he Lord is my Strength and my Shield; my heart trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song will I praise Him.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him.
8 T he Lord is their Strength, and He is the Stronghold of salvation to His anointed.
The Lord is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of His anointed.
9 S ave Your people and bless Your heritage; nourish and shepherd them and carry them forever.
Save Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever.