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