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To you, O LORD, I call;
1my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you
2be silent to me, I become like those who
3go down to the pit.
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4Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I
5lift up my hands
6toward your most holy sanctuary.
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Do not
7drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil,
8who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.
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9Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands;
10render them their due reward.
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Because they
11do not regard the works of the LORD or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more.
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Blessed be the LORD! For he has
12heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.