1 U nto 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.

Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, thou keep silence toward 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 the oracle of thy holiness.

3 D raw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.

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 to them their desert.

Give them according to their doing, and according to the wickedness of their deeds; give them after the work of their hands, render to them their desert.

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

For they regard not the deeds of Jehovah, nor the work of his hands: he will destroy them, and not build them up.

6 B lessed be the Lord, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

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

7 T he 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.

Jehovah is my strength and my shield; my heart confided in him, and I was helped: therefore my heart exulteth, and with my song will I praise him.

8 T he Lord is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

Jehovah is their strength; and he is the stronghold of salvation to his anointed one.

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

Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and feed them, and lift them up for ever.