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 O tarry and await the pleasure; be strong, and he shall comfort your heart; * wait patiently for the.

O, I call to you; my Rock, do not be deaf to my cry; * lest, if you do not hear me, I become like those who go down to the Pit.

Hear the voice of my prayer when I cry out to you, * when I lift up my hands to your holy of holies.

Do not snatch me away with the wicked or with the evildoers, * who speak peaceably with their neighbors, while strife is in their hearts.

Repay them according to their deeds, * and according to the wickedness of their actions.

According to the work of their hands repay them, * and give them their just deserts.

They have no understanding of the doings, nor of the works of his hands; * therefore he will break them down and not build them up.

Blessed is the ! * for he has heard the voice of my prayer.

The is my strength and my shield; * my heart trusts in him, and I have been helped;

Therefore my heart dances for joy, * and in my song will I praise him.