1. 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 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. Do not drag me off with the wicked,with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighborswhile evil is in their hearts.
4. Give to them according to their workand according to the evil of their deeds;give to them according to the work of their hands; render them their due reward.
5. Because they do not regard the works of the Lordor the work of his hands,he will tear them down and build them up no more.