| 1 | Be merciful
and
gracious to me, O God, for man would trample me
or
devour me; all the day long the adversary oppresses me. |
| 2 | They that lie in wait for me would swallow me up
or
trample me all day long, for they are many who fight against me, O Most High! |
| 3 | What time I am afraid, I will have confidence in
and
put my trust
and
reliance in You. |
| 4 | By [the help of] God I will praise His word; on God I lean, rely,
and
confidently put my trust; I will not fear. What can man, who is flesh, do to me? |
| 5 | All day long they twist my words
and
trouble my affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil
and
my hurt. |
| 6 | They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they watch my steps, even as they have [expectantly] waited for my life. |
| 7 | They think to escape with iniquity,
and
shall they? In Your indignation bring down the peoples, O God. |
| 8 | You number
and
record my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle—are they not in Your book? |
| 9 | Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I cry out; this I know, for God is for me. |
| 10 | In God, Whose word I praise, in the Lord, Whose word I praise, |
| 11 | In God have I put my trust
and
confident reliance; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? |
| 12 | Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render praise to You
and
give You thank offerings. |
| 13 | For You have delivered my life from death, yes, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life
and
of the living. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 56:9 : Rom. 8:31.
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