1 B e merciful and gracious to me, O God, for man would trample me or devour me; all the day long the adversary oppresses me.

Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

2 T hey 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!

My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

3 W hat time I am afraid, I will have confidence in and put my trust and reliance in You.

When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

4 B y 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?

In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

5 A ll day long they twist my words and trouble my affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil and my hurt.

All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 T hey gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they watch my steps, even as they have waited for my life.

They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

7 T hey think to escape with iniquity, and shall they? In Your indignation bring down the peoples, O God.

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.

8 Y ou number and record my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle—are they not in Your book?

You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren’t they in your book?

9 T hen shall my enemies turn back in the day that I cry out; this I know, for God is for me.

Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.

10 I n God, Whose word I praise, in the Lord, Whose word I praise,

In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.

11 I n God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

12 Y our vows are upon me, O God; I will render praise to You and give You thank offerings.

Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

13 F or 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.

For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.