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1 Lord, my Rock, I call out to you for help. Do not be deaf to me. If you are silent, I will be like those in the grave.
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To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear the sound of my prayer, when I cry out to you for help. I raise my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
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Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.
3 Don't drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil. They say "Peace" to their neighbors, but evil is in their hearts.
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Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.
4 Pay them back for what they have done, for their evil deeds. Pay them back for what they have done; give them their reward.
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Give to them according to their work and according to the evil of their deeds; give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.
5 They don't understand what the Lord has done or what he has made. So he will knock them down and not lift them up.
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Because they do not regard the works of the Lord or the work of his hands, he will tear them down and build them up no more.
6 Praise the Lord, because he heard my prayer for help.
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Blessed be the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
7 The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him, and he helps me. I am very happy, and I praise him with my song.
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The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
8 The Lord is powerful; he gives victory to his chosen one.
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The Lord is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
9 Save your people and bless those who are your own. Be their shepherd and carry them forever. A psalm of David.
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Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.