1David prayeth earnestly for God's help against the wicked: 6he blesseth God for his gracious succour: 9he prayeth for the people.
0A Psalm of David.
1UNTO thee awill I cry, O LORD bmy rock; cbe not silent 1to me: dlest, if thou be silent to me, eI become like fthem that go down into the pit.
1Heb. from me.
a Ps. 3.4; 5.2,3; 77.1; 142.1. b De. 32.4,31. Ps. 18.2. 1Co. 10.4. c Ps. 35.22. d La. 3.8. Ps. 83.1-4; 143.7,8. e Ps. 143.7. f Ps. 88.4.
2Hear gthe voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I hlift up my hands 2toward thy holy oracle.
2Or, towards the oracle of thy sanctuary. 1Ki. 6.5.
g Ps. 4.1; 27.7; 130.2; 142.1,2. h Ps. 63.4; 134.2; 138.2. 1Ki. 8.22,30,38. Da. 6.10. La. 3.41. 1Ti. 2.8.
3iDraw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, jwhich speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
i Ps. 125.5; 26.9; 1.1; 6.8; 119.115. j Ps. 12.2; 55.21; 62.4. Je. 9.8.
4Give kthem according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
k 2Ti. 4.14. Re. 18.6. Is. 3.11. Ro. 2.8,9. Eze. 18; 33.
5Because lthey regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
l Job 34.26,27. Is. 5.12; 42.24,25. La. 1.9. Zec. 1.4-6. Mal. 2.2. 2Th. 1.8,9.
6mBlessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
m Ps. 103.1-5; 116.1.
7The nLORD is my strength and my oshield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
n Ps. 18.2; 91.2; 54.4; 69.30,31; 118.5-19; 116.1-9. Ex. 15.1-20. 1Sa. 2.1-10. Ju. 5. Is. 12; 25. o Ps. 3.3.
8The LORD is 3their strength, and he is the 4saving strength of his panointed.
3Or, his strength.
4Heb. strength of salvations.
p 1Sa. 16.13; 2.10. Ps. 2.6. Is. 61.1.
9Save qthy people, and bless rthine inheritance: 5feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
5Or, rule. Mi. 7.14.
q 1Ki. 8.51,53. Ps. 25.22; 51.18; 69.36; 90.13-17; 80.14-19; 102.13-22. Is. 4.2. Re. 5.10; 7.17. r De. 9.29.