1(To the chief Musician upon
Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the
Philistines took him in Gath.) Be merciful unto me,
O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting
daily oppresseth me.
2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up:
for they
be many that fight against me, O thou most
High.
3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4In God I will praise his word, in God I have
put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto
me.
5Every day they wrest my words: all their
thoughts are against
me for evil.
6They gather themselves together, they hide
themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for
my soul.
7Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger
cast down the people, O God.
8Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my
tears into thy bottle: are
they not in thy book?
9When I cry unto
thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I
know; for God is for
me.
10In God will I praise his word:
in the LORD will I praise his word.
11In God have I put my trust: I will not be
afraid what man can do unto me.
12Thy vows are upon
me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
13For thou hast delivered my soul from
death: wilt not thou
deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk
before God in the light of the living?