1 [For the choir director; according to [yonath elem rechokim]; a [miktam] by David when the Philistines captured him in Gath.] Have pity on me, O God, because people are harassing me. All day long warriors oppress me.

2 All day long my enemies spy on me. They harass me. There are so many fighting against me.

3 Even when I am afraid, I still trust you.

4 I praise the word of God. I trust God. I am not afraid. What can mere flesh [and blood] do to me?

5 All day long my enemies twist my words. Their every thought is an evil plan against me.

6 They attack, and then they hide. They watch my every step as they wait to take my life.

7 With the wrong they do, can they escape? O God, angrily make the nations fall.

8 (You have kept a record of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. They are already in your book.)

9 Then my enemies will retreat when I call [to you]. This I know: God is on my side.

10 I praise the word of God. I praise the word of the LORD.

11 I trust God. I am not afraid. What can mortals do to me?

12 I am bound by my vows to you, O God. I will keep my vows by offering songs of thanksgiving to you.

13 You have rescued me from death. You have kept my feet from stumbling so that I could walk in your presence, in the light of life.