The Lord Is My Strength and My Shield
Of David.
1 To you, O Lord, I call;
See Ps. 18:2my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you Ps. 35:22;39:12;83:1;109:1be silent to me,
I become like those who Ps. 88:4;143:7go down to the pit.
2 Ps. 140:6Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
when I cry to you for help,
when I Ps. 134:2;141:2;Lam. 2:19;1 Tim. 2:8;[Ps. 119:48] lift up my hands
Ps. 5:7;138:2;[1 Kgs. 8:29]toward your most holy sanctuary.28:2 Hebrew your innermost sanctuary
3 Do not [Ps. 26:9;Ezek. 32:20] drag me off with the wicked,
with the workers of evil,
Jer. 9:8;[Ps. 5:9;12:2;55:21;62:4]who speak peace with their neighbors
while evil is in their hearts.
4 Jer. 50:15,29;Rev. 18:6;[2 Tim. 4:14] 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;
[Ps. 137:8]render them their due reward.
5 Because they Isa. 5:12;[Job 34:27]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 ver. 2heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
7 The Lord is my strength and See Ps. 3:3my shield;
in him my heart See Ps. 11:1trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
and with my Ps. 69:30song I give thanks to him.
8 The Lord is the strength of his people;28:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts is their strength
he is Ps. 140:7;[Ps. 20:6]the saving refuge of his anointed.
9 Oh, save your people and bless Deut. 9:29;32:9your heritage!
Ps. 78:71,72Be their shepherd and Isa. 40:11;46:3;63:9carry them forever.