1UNTO YOU do I cry, O Lord my Rock, be not deaf {and} silent to me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like those going down to the pit [the grave].
2Hear the voice of my supplication as I cry to You for help, as I lift up my hands toward Your innermost sanctuary (the Holy of Holies).
3Drag me not away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but malice {and} mischief are in their hearts.
4Repay them according to their work and according to the wickedness of their doings; repay them according to the work of their hands; render to them what they deserve.
5Because they regard not the works of the Lord nor the operations of His hands, He will break them down and not rebuild them.
6Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplications.