1 To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me, for if you keep silent toward me, I will be like those who go down into the pit.
2 Hear the sound of my supplications when I cry to you, when I raise my hands toward your holy sanctuary.
3 Do not haul me off with the wicked and with those who do iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, yet evil is in their hearts.
4 Give them what their deeds deserve, as the evil of their actions deserves; as the work of their hands deserves, give to them; pay them back their due.
5 For they pay no attention to the works of the LORD or to what his hands have done; he will break them down and not rebuild them.
6 Blessed be the LORD, for he has heard the sound of my supplications.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I was helped; my heart leaps for joy, and with my song I will thank him.
8 The LORD is strength for them, and he is a stronghold of salvation for his anointed.
9 Save your people and bless your inheritance; be their shepherd and carry them forever.