In You My Soul Takes Refuge (1 Samuel 22:1–5; Psalm 108:1–13; Psalm 142:1–7)
1 UST O God, please help me! I ask you to do that because I depend on you to protect me. I pray that you will protect me just as a mother bird protects her chicks under her wings. I ask you to do that until the troubles I am having are over. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
2 UST I am crying{ for help} to God, who is greater than all other spirit beings. God will complete what he has begun to do for me. BSB BSB: I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.
3 UST May he act from where he is in heaven to rescue me. Someone is trying to harm me; may God prevent him from doing that. Selah God is kind and loyal to the people who trust him, so may he help me. BSB BSB: He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
4 UST Men who are as dangerous as lions are all around me. I have no safe place to sleep far away from those men who are trying to kill me. They say things about me that make other people want to harm me. BSB BSB: My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
5 UST May you have the most glory, God, of anyone in heaven or on earth! BSB BSB: Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
6 UST My enemies are trying to capture me, as if they had set out a net to trap me. This has distressed me greatly. Yes, they are trying to capture me, as if they had dug a deep pit along the path where I walk, hoping that I would fall into it. But I believe that God will use what they are doing against them, as if they had fallen into that pit themselves. Selah BSB BSB: They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
7 UST God, I trust you completely. So{ instead of worrying,} I will sing praises to you. BSB BSB: My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.
8 UST I will do that enthusiastically. I will begin the day by praising you as I play my harp and lyre. BSB BSB: Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
9 UST I will sing songs to praise you, Lord, so that people of other nations can find out about you. BSB BSB: I will praise You, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing Your praises among the peoples.
10 UST You deserve this praise because your kindness and loyalty are much greater than anything on earth, just as the clouds in the sky are much higher than anything on earth. BSB BSB: For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.
11 UST May you have the most glory, God, of anyone in heaven or on earth! BSB BSB: Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
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