1 B y David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.

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 the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee, In my lifting up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

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 raw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

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 G ive to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

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 F or they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.

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 B lessed Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications.

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

7 J ehovah my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him.

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 J ehovah strength to him, Yea, the strength of the salvation of His anointed He.

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

9 S ave Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!

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