Be Merciful to Me, O God (1 Samuel 21:8–15)
1 ULT Be gracious to me, God, for man tramples me! All of the day, fighting, he oppresses 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 ULT My enemies trample me all of the day, for many are fighting against me arrogantly. BSB BSB: My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
3 ULT The day I fear, I, I will trust in you. BSB BSB: When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
4 ULT In God— I praise his word— in God I trust. I will not fear. What will flesh 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 ULT All of the day they vex my matters; all of their thoughts{ are} against me for harm. BSB BSB: All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
6 ULT They gather together, they hide; they, they watch my heels because they await my life. BSB BSB: They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
7 ULT Upon iniquity{ shall there be} an escape for them? In nose, make the peoples go down, God. BSB BSB: In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
8 ULT You, you record my wandering. Put my tears in your bag.{ Are they} not in your record? BSB BSB: You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?
9 ULT Then my enemies will turn back on the day I call. This I know, for God{ is} for me. 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 ULT In God— I praise his word— in Yahweh— I praise his word— BSB BSB: In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
11 ULT in God I trust. I will not fear. What will man do to me? BSB BSB: in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12 ULT Your vows{ are} on me, God. I will pay a thank- offering to you. BSB BSB: Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
13 ULT For you deliver my life from death.{ Are} not my feet from stumbling, that I may walk about to the face 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.