Be Merciful to Me, O God (1 Samuel 21:8–15)
1 CPDV Unto the end. For the people who have become far removed from the Sacred. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when the Philistines held him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, because man has trampled over me. All day long, he has afflicted me by fighting against me. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
2 CPDV My enemies have trampled over me all day long. For those who make war against me are many. BSB BSB: My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
3 CPDV From the height of the day, I will be afraid. But truly, I will hope in you. BSB BSB: When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
4 CPDV In God, I will praise my words. In God, I have put my trust. I will not fear what flesh can do to me. BSB BSB: In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
5 CPDV All day long, they curse my words. All their intentions are for evil against me. BSB BSB: All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
6 CPDV They will dwell and hide themselves. They will watch my heel, just as they waited for my soul; BSB BSB: They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
7 CPDV because of this, nothing will save them. In your anger, you will crush the people. BSB BSB: In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
8 CPDV O God, I have announced my life to you. You have placed my tears in your sight, and even in your promise. BSB BSB: You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?
9 CPDV Then my enemies will be turned back. On whatever day that I call upon you, behold, I know that you are my God. BSB BSB: Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
10 CPDV In God, I will praise the word. In the Lord, I will praise his speech. In God, I have hoped. I will not fear what man can do to me. BSB BSB: In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
12 CPDV My vows to you, O God, are in me. I will repay them. Praises be to you. BSB BSB: Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
13 CPDV For you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from slipping, so that I may be pleasing in the sight of God, in the light of the living. BSB BSB: For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.