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 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 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, 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 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 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.

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 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 operation of His hands, He shall destroy them 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 supplications!

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

The Lord is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of 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; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever.