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.

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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!

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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.