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¹ To you, O Lord, I call;
    ^(a)my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you ^(b)be silent to me,
    I become like those who ^(c)go down to the pit.
^2 (d)Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
    when I cry to you for help,
when I ^(e)lift up my hands
    ^(f)toward your most holy sanctuary.^[a]

³ Do not ^(g)drag me off with the wicked,
    with the workers of evil,
^(h)who speak peace with their neighbors
    while evil is in their hearts.
^4 (i)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;
    ^(j)render them their due reward.
⁵ Because they ^(k)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 Blessed be the Lord!
    For he has ^(l)heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
⁷ The Lord is my strength and ^(m)my shield;
    in him my heart ⁽ⁿ⁾trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my ^(o)song I give thanks to him.

⁸ The Lord is the strength of his people;^[b]
    he is ^(p)the saving refuge of his anointed.
⁹ Oh, save your people and bless ^(q)your heritage!
    ^(r)Be their shepherd and ^(s)carry them forever.