1 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.

To You, O Lord, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit.

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

Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

3 D o 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.

Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who work iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts.

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

Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices; Requite them according to the deeds of their hands; Repay them their recompense.

5 T hey 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.

Because they do not regard the works of the Lord Nor the deeds of His hands, He will tear them down and not build them up.

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

Blessed be the Lord, Because He has heard the voice of my supplication.

7 T he 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.

The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.

8 T he Lord is the strength of His people. He is a safe place for His chosen one.

The Lord is their strength, And He is a saving defense to His anointed.

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

Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever.