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¹ <> To you, LORD, 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 Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, When I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place. ³ Don't draw me away with the wicked, With the workers of iniquity who speak shalom with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts. ⁴ 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 Because they don't regard the works of the LORD, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.

⁶ Blessed be the LORD, Because he has heard the voice of my petitions. ⁷ The LORD 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 The LORD is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation to his anointed. ⁹ Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.