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.