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Prayer for Help and Thanksgiving for It

Of David.

1To you, O Lord, I call;

my rock, do not refuse to hear me,

for if you are silent to me,

I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.

2Hear the voice of my supplication,

as I cry to you for help,

as I lift up my hands

toward your most holy sanctuary.

3Do not drag me away with the wicked,

with those who are workers of evil,

who speak peace with their neighbors,

while mischief is in their hearts.

4Repay them according to their work,

and according to the evil of their deeds;

repay them according to the work of their hands;

render them their due reward.

5Because they do not regard the works of the Lord,

or the work of his hands,

he will break them down and build them up no more.

6Blessed be the Lord,

for he has heard the sound of my pleadings.

7The Lord is my strength and my shield;

in him my heart trusts;

so I am helped, and my heart exults,

and with my song I give thanks to him.

8The Lord is the strength of his people;

he is the saving refuge of his anointed.

9O save your people, and bless your heritage;

be their shepherd, and carry them forever.

New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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