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A Prayer for Help, and Praise for Its Answer.

¹ To You, LORD, I call;
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.

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

^3 (C1)Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with those who practice injustice,
Who ^(C2)speak peace with their neighbors,
While evil is in their hearts.

⁴ Give back to them ^(C1)according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Give back to them according to the work of their hands;
Repay them what is due them.

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

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

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

⁸ The LORD is ^(F1)their ^(C1)strength,
And He is a refuge of ^(C2)salvation to His anointed.

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