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Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God.
For the choir director; according to AOr The silent dove of those who are far off, or, The dove of the distant terebinthsJonath elem rehokim. A BPossibly Epigrammatic Poem, or Atonement PsalmMikhtam of David, C1 Sam 21:10, 11when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man has 1Or snapped atAPs 57:3trampled upon me;
2Or A fighting manFighting all day long he BPs 17:9oppresses me.
2 My foes have 1Or snapped atAPs 35:25; 57:3; 124:3trampled upon me all day long,
For 2Or many are fightingthey are many who BPs 35:1fight proudly against me.
3 1Lit In the dayWhen I am APs 55:4, 5afraid,
2Or I am one who putsI will BPs 11:1put my trust in You.
4 APs 56:10, 11In God, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
BPs 118:6; Heb 13:6What can mere 1Lit fleshman do to me?
5 All day long they 1Or trouble my affairsA2 Pet 3:16distort my words;
All their 2Or purposesBPs 41:7thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They 1Or stir up strifeAPs 59:3; 140:2; Is 54:15attack, they lurk,
They BPs 17:11watch my 2Lit heelssteps,
As they have CPs 71:10waited to take my 3Lit soullife.
7 Because of wickedness, 1Or will they have escape?APs 36:12; Prov 19:5; Ezek 17:15; Rom 2:3cast them forth,
In anger BPs 55:23put down the peoples, O God!
 
8 You APs 139:3have taken account of my wanderings;
Put my B2 Kin 20:5; Ps 39:12tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in CMal 3:16Your book?
9 Then my enemies will APs 9:3turn back BPs 102:2in the day when I call;
This I know, 1Or becausethat CPs 41:11; 118:6; Rom 8:31God is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
In the Loʀᴅ, whose word I praise,
11 In God I have put my 1Or trust without feartrust, I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 Your APs 50:14vows are binding upon me, O God;
I will render thank offerings to You.
13 For You have APs 33:19; 49:15; 86:13delivered my soul from death,
1Or have You not deliveredIndeed BPs 116:8my feet from stumbling,
So that I may CPs 116:9walk before God
In the DJob 33:30light of the 2Or lifeliving.

A^ Or The silent dove of those who are far off, or, The dove of the distant terebinths

B^ Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, or Atonement Psalm

C^ 1 Sam 21:10, 11

156:1 Or snapped at

A56:1 Ps 57:3

256:1 Or A fighting man

B56:1 Ps 17:9

156:2 Or snapped at

A56:2 Ps 35:25; 57:3; 124:3

256:2 Or many are fighting

B56:2 Ps 35:1

156:3 Lit In the day

A56:3 Ps 55:4, 5

256:3 Or I am one who puts

B56:3 Ps 11:1

A56:4 Ps 56:10, 11

B56:4 Ps 118:6; Heb 13:6

156:4 Lit flesh

156:5 Or trouble my affairs

A56:5 2 Pet 3:16

256:5 Or purposes

B56:5 Ps 41:7

156:6 Or stir up strife

A56:6 Ps 59:3; 140:2; Is 54:15

B56:6 Ps 17:11

256:6 Lit heels

C56:6 Ps 71:10

356:6 Lit soul

156:7 Or will they have escape?

A56:7 Ps 36:12; Prov 19:5; Ezek 17:15; Rom 2:3

B56:7 Ps 55:23

A56:8 Ps 139:3

B56:8 2 Kin 20:5; Ps 39:12

C56:8 Mal 3:16

A56:9 Ps 9:3

B56:9 Ps 102:2

156:9 Or because

C56:9 Ps 41:11; 118:6; Rom 8:31

156:11 Or trust without fear

A56:12 Ps 50:14

A56:13 Ps 33:19; 49:15; 86:13

156:13 Or have You not delivered

B56:13 Ps 116:8

C56:13 Ps 116:9

D56:13 Job 33:30

256:13 Or life

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