Psalms 27:1-7

¹A Psalm of David. To thee, O Lord, have I cried; My God, be not silent toward me: Lest thou be silent toward me, And so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit.

²Hearken to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee, When I lift up my hands toward thy holy temple.

³Draw not away my soul with sinners, And destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, But evils are in their hearts.

⁴Give them according to their works, And according to the wickedness of their devices: Give them according to the works of their hands; Render their recompense unto them.

⁵Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, Even to the works of his hands, Thou shalt pull them down, and shalt not build them up.

⁶Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition.

⁷The Lord is my helper and my defender; My heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: My flesh has revived, And willingly will I give praise to him.