Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God.

For the choir director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me;
          Fighting all day long he oppresses me.

2 My foes have trampled upon me all day long,
          For they are many who fight proudly against me.

3 When I am afraid,
          I will put my trust in You.

4 In God, whose word I praise,
          In God I have put my trust;
          I shall not be afraid.
          What can mere man do to me?

5 All day long they distort my words;
          All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They attack, they lurk,
          They watch my steps,
          As they have waited to take my life.

7 Because of wickedness, cast them forth,
          In anger put down the peoples, O God!

8 You have taken account of my wanderings;
          Put my tears in Your bottle.
          Are they not in Your book?

9 Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;
          This I know, that God is for me.

10 In God, whose word I praise,
          In the LORD, whose word I praise,

11 In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid.
          What can man do to me?

12 Your vows are binding upon me, O God;
          I will render thank offerings to You.

13 For You have delivered my soul from death,
          Indeed my feet from stumbling,
          So that I may walk before God
          In the light of the living.