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A Prayer for Help, and Praise for Its Answer.

¹ To you I call, O LORD,
My ^(C1)rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You ^(C2)are silent to me,
I will become like those who ^(C3)go down to the pit (grave).

² Hear the ^(C1)voice of my supplication (specific requests, humble entreaties) as I cry to You for help,
As I ^(C2)lift up my hands and heart ^(C3)toward Your innermost ^(C4)sanctuary (Holy of Holies).

^3 (C1)Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with those who do evil,
Who ^(C2)speak peace with their neighbors,
While malice and mischief are in their hearts.

⁴ Repay them ^(C1)according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Repay them according to the deeds of their hands;
Repay them what they deserve. ^(VR1)

⁵ Because they ^(C1)have no regard for the works of the LORD
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not rebuild them.

⁶ Blessed be the LORD,
Because He ^(C1)has heard the voice of my supplication.

⁷ The LORD is my ^(C1)strength and my impenetrable ^(C2)shield;
My heart ^(C3)trusts with unwavering confidence in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore ^(C4)my heart greatly rejoices,
And with ^(C5)my song I shall thank Him and praise Him.

⁸ The LORD is their unyielding ^(C1)strength,
And He is the ^(C2)fortress of salvation to His anointed.

^9 (C1)Save Your people and bless Your ^(C2)inheritance;
Be their ^(C3)shepherd also, and ^(C4)carry them forever.