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1 (Of Dovid)
Unto Thee will I cry, Hashem my Tzur;
do not turn a deaf ear to me:
lest, if Thou be silent to me,
I become like them that go down into the pit.
2 Shema (hear) kol (voice) of my supplications, when I cry unto Thee,
when I lift up my hands toward Thy Devir Kodesh
(Innermost Sanctuary, Kodesh HaKodashim).
3 Draw me not away with the resha'im,
and with the workers of iniquity,
which speak shalom to their neighbors,
but malice is in their hearts.
4 Give to them according to their deeds,
and according to the wickedness of their endeavors;
give them after the work of their hands;
render to them their gemul (deserts).
5 Because they regard not the Pe'ulot Hashem,
nor the Ma'aseh of His hands,
He shall tear them down, and not build them up.
6 Baruch Hashem,
because He hath heard the kol (voice) of my supplications.
7 Hashem is my strength and my mogen;
my lev trusts in Him,
and I am helped;
therefore my lev greatly rejoiceth;
and with my song will I thank Him.
8 Hashem is their oz (strength),
and He is the Ma'oz Yeshu'ot (saving refuge) of His Moshiach.
9 Save Thy people, and bless Thine nachalah;
shepherd them also, and carry them ad olam.