1 T o 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.

To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.

2 H ear the voice of my supplications When I cry to You, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.

3 D o 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.

Don’t draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

4 G ive 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.

Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

5 B ecause they do not regard the works of the Lord, Nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them And not build them up.

Because they don’t respect the works of Yahweh, nor the operation of his hands, he will break them down and not build them up.

6 B lessed be the Lord, Because He has heard the voice of my supplications!

Blessed be Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.

7 T he 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.

Yahweh is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.

8 T he Lord is their strength, And He is the saving refuge of His anointed.

Yahweh is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed.

9 S ave Your people, And bless Your inheritance; Shepherd them also, And bear them up forever.

Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.