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Yahweh Is My Strength and My Shield

¹ To You, O Yahweh, I call;
My ^(C1)rock, do not be silent to me,
Lest if You ^(C2)are hesitant toward me,
I will become like those who ^(C3)go down to the pit.

² Hear the ^(C1)voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help,
When I ^(C2)lift up my hands ^(C3)toward ^(F1)Your holy ^(C4)sanctuary.

^3 (C1)Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with workers of iniquity,
Who ^(C2)speak peace with their neighbors,
While evil is in their hearts.

⁴ Give to them ^(C1)according to their work and according to the evil of their actions;
Give to them according to the deeds of their hands;
Return their dealings upon them.

⁵ Because they ^(C1)do not regard the works of Yahweh
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not build them up.

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

⁷ Yahweh is my ^(C1)strength and my ^(C2)shield;
My heart ^(C3)trusts in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore ^(C4)my heart exults,
And with ^(C5)my song I shall thank Him.

⁸ Yahweh is ^(F1)their ^(C1)strength,
And He is a ^(F2)(C2)strong defense of salvation to His anointed.

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