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Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent unto me lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like those that go down into the grave.
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Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the oracle of thy holiness.
3 Do not catch me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts. 4 Give them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render unto them their desert. 5 Because they do not regard the works of the LORD nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them and not build them up.
6 Blessed be the LORD because he has heard the voice of my supplications. 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song I will praise him.
8 The LORD is the strength of his people, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. 9 Save thy people and bless thine inheritance; feed them also and lift them up for ever.