1Unto thee, O Lord, do I cry: O my strength, be not deaf toward me, lest if thou answer me not, I be like them that go down into the pit.
2Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry unto thee, when I hold up my hands toward thine holy Oracle.
3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity: which speak friendly to their neighbors, when malice is in their hearts.
4Reward them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their inventions: recompense them after the work of their hands: render them their reward.
5For they reward not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands: therefore break them down, and build them not up.
6Praised be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my petitions.
7The Lord is my strength and my shield: mine heart trusted in him, and I was helped: therefore mine heart shall rejoice, and with my song will I praise him.
8The Lord is their strength, and he is the strength of the deliverances of his anointed.
9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and exalt them forever.