1 ¶ Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent unto me lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like those that go down into the grave.

O Lord, to You I call. O my Rock, listen to me. If You will not hear me, I will be like those who have gone down to the grave.

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

Hear my cry for loving-kindness as I call to You for help, and when I lift up my hands to Your holy place.

3 D o not catch me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

Do not drag me away with the sinful and with those who do bad things. They speak peace with their neighbors, while sin is in their hearts.

4 G ive them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render unto them their desert.

Pay them for their work and for the sins they do. Pay them for the works of their hands. Give them what they have earned.

5 B ecause they do not regard the works of the LORD nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them and not build them up.

They do not think about the works of the Lord and what His hands have done. So He will pull them down and not build them up again.

6 ¶ Blessed be the LORD because he has heard the voice of my supplications.

May honor and thanks be given to the Lord, because He has heard my prayer.

7 T he 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.

The Lord is my strength and my safe cover. My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. So my heart is full of joy. I will thank Him with my song.

8 T he LORD is the strength of his people, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

The Lord is the strength of His people. He is a safe place for His chosen one.

9 S ave thy people and bless thine inheritance; feed them also and lift them up for ever.

Save Your people and bring good to what is Yours. Be their shepherd and carry them forever.