The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield

^{OF DAVID.} 

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 towards your most holy sanctuary.

³ Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbours while evil is in their hearts.

⁴ 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; render them their due reward.

⁵ Because they 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 heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.

⁷ The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.

⁸ The Lord is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed.

⁹ Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them for ever.