| NET Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me. | 1Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; |
| 2Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One. | 2my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly. |
| 3When I am afraid, I trust in you. | 3When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. |
| 4In God--I boast in his promise--in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me? | 4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? |
| 5All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise. | 5All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil. |
| 6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life. | 6They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life. |
| 7Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God! | 7For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! |
| 8You keep track of my misery. Put my tears in your leather container! Are they not recorded in your scroll? | 8You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? |
| 9My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; I know that God is on my side. | 9Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. |
| 10In God--I boast in his promise--in the LORD--I boast in his promise-- | 10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, |
| 11in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me? | 11in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? |
| 12I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve, | 12I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you. |
| 13when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life. | 13For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life. |
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