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For the music director; according to Jonath Elem Rehokim. A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be gracious to me, God, for a mortal tramples me;
all day he fights and oppresses me.
2 Those who watch for my downfall trample me all day, for many fight against me in pride.
3 When I am afraid, I will trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust;
I will not fear.
What can flesh do to me?
5 All day they twist my words;
all their thoughts against me are for evil.
6 They gather and hide;
they watch my steps, waiting to take my life.
7 Will they escape despite their evil?
In your anger bring down the peoples, God.
8 You have counted my wanderings;
put my tears in your wineskin.
Are they not in your record?
9 Then my enemies will turn back on the day I call.
This I know: God is for me.
10 In God I praise his word;
in the LORD I praise his word.
11 In God I trust;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
12 My vows to you are upon me, God;
I will bring you thank offerings.
13 For you have delivered my soul from death.
Have you not also kept my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?