For the director. According to Yonath elem rehoqim. A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him at Gath.

Have mercy on me, God, for I am treated harshly; attackers press me all the day.

My foes treat me harshly all the day; yes, many are my attackers.

O Most High, when I am afraid, in you I place my trust.

God, I praise your promise; in you I trust, I do not fear.

What can mere flesh do to me?

All the day they foil my plans; their every thought is of evil against me.

They hide together in ambush; they watch my every step; they lie in wait for my life.

They are evil; watch them, God!

Cast the nations down in your anger!

My wanderings you have noted; are my tears not stored in your vial, recorded in your book?

My foes turn back when I call on you.

This I know: God is on my side.

God, I praise your promise; in you I trust, I do not fear.

What can mere mortals do to me?

I have made vows to you, God; with offerings I will fulfill them.

Once you have snatched me from death, kept my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

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