1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

<>O LORD my rock

2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

<>Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, <>Hear the voice of my supplications, <>I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle., <>thy holy oracle

3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.

<>which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts

4 Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

<>Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands

5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

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6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

<>he hath heard the voice of my supplications

7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

<>The LORD is my strength, <>my heart trusted in him

8 The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

<>anointed

9 Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

<>feed them