1Of David. To you, O LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be silent from me, lest you be silent from me and I be likened with those who go down to the pit.2Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to you, when I lift my hands toward your holy sanctuary.3Do not draw me with the wicked or with those who work wickedness, who speak peace with their neighbors while harm is in their heart.4Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; return their recompense to them.5For they do not understand the wages of the LORD or the work of his hands; he overthrows them and does not build them.6Blessed be the LORD, for he has heard the voice of my supplications.7The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusted and I was helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.8The LORD is strength to them and a stronghold of salvation for his anointed.9Save your people and bless your inheritance; shepherd them and lift them up forever.