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¹ To you, O Yahweh, I call.
O my rock, do not be deaf to me.
Or else, if you are silent to me,
then I will become like those descending to the pit.
² Hear the voice of my supplications
when I cry to you for help,
when I lift up my hands
toward your holy inner sanctuary.
³ Do not drag me away with the wicked
or with the workers of evil,
who speak of peace with their neighbors,
while evil is in their heart.
⁴ Give to them according to their work,
even according to the evil of their deeds.
Give to them according to the work of their hands;
repay them their rightful due.
⁵ Because they do not regard the works of Yahweh,
nor the work of his hands,
he will destroy them
and not rebuild them.
⁶ Blessed is Yahweh,
because he has heard the voice of my supplications.
⁷ Yahweh is my strength and my shield.
My heart trusts him and I am helped.
So my heart rejoices,
and with my song I will give thanks to him.
⁸ Yahweh is their strength,
and he is the refuge for the salvation of his anointed one.
⁹ Save your people
and bless your heritage.
Shepherd them also and carry them always.