1 GLT Be merciful to me, God, for men are attacking me! All the day long those who fight me press their assault. 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 GLT My enemies trample me all day long; for there are many who arrogantly fight against me. BSB BSB: My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
3 GLT When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. BSB BSB: When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
4 GLT In God, whose word I praise— in God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid; what can mere man 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 GLT All the day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil. BSB BSB: All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
6 GLT They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, and they mark my steps, just as they have waited for my life. BSB BSB: They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
7 GLT Do not let them escape doing iniquity. Bring down the peoples in your anger, God. BSB BSB: In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
8 GLT You number my wanderings and put my tears into your bottle; are they not in your book? BSB BSB: You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?
9 GLT Then my enemies will turn back on the day that I call to you; this I know, that 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 GLT In God— whose word I praise, in Yahweh— whose word I praise, BSB BSB: In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
11 GLT in God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me? BSB BSB: in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12 GLT The duty to fulfill my vows to you is on me, God; I will give thank offerings to you. BSB BSB: Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
13 GLT For you have rescued my life from death; you have kept my feet from falling, so that I may walk before 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.
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