1. 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.
2. 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.