The Lord is My Strength
By David.
1 To you, Lord, I call.
My rock, do not 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 Do not draw me away with the wicked,
with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors,
but mischief is in their hearts.
4 Give them according to their work,
and according to the wickedness of their actions.
Give them according to the operation of their hands.
Bring back on them what they deserve.
5 Because they do not respect 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 cry 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 the strength of his people.
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.