1 U nto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

2 H ear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

3 D raw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; That speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

4 G ive them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.

5 B ecause they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.

Because they regard not the works of Jehovah, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.

6 B lessed be Jehovah, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

Blessed be Jehovah, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

7 J ehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.

Jehovah is my strength and my shield; My heart hath trusted in him, and I am helped: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; And with my song will I praise him.

8 J ehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

Jehovah is their strength, And he is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

9 S ave thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: Be their shepherd also, and bear them up for ever.