1 A Psalm of David. To you, Lord, I have cried; my God, do not be silent toward me: for fear that you might be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to those who go down to the pit. 2 Listen to the voice of my plea, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple. 3 Do not draw away my soul with sinners, and do not destroy me with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but evils are in their hearts. 4 Give them according to their works,⁠a and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their payment to them. 5 Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, you shall pull them down, and shall not build them up. 6 Blessed be the Lord, for he has listened to the voice of my petition. 7 The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly I will give praise to him. 8 The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed. 9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance: and take care of them, and lift them up for ever.