¹A Psalm of David.

I will call on you, O Lord, my rock.

Do not turn a deaf ear to me,

Lest in being silent to me,

I should become like those

Who go down to the pit.

²Oh hear my supplications being uttered

When I shout out to you

– When I lift up my hands to your holy place of address.

³Do not draw me along with the wicked

Or perpetrators of iniquity,

Who speak peace with their neighbour,

While evil is in their heart.

⁴Render them according to their work

And according to the evil of their acts.

Render them according to the deeds of their hands;

Requite them their due.

⁵For they do not discern the works of the Lord

Nor the deeds of his hands.

He will demolish them

And not build them up.

⁶Blessed is the Lord,

For he has heard my supplications uttered.

⁷The Lord is my strength and my shield;

My heart has put its trust in him.

And I have been helped,

So my heart rejoiced,

And I will praise him with my song.

⁸The Lord is their strength,

And the stronghold of salvation is his messiah.

⁹Oh save your people,

And bless your inheritance,

And be a shepherd to them and exalt them

Age-abidingly.