1 B e merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

¶ Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he oppresses me fighting me daily.

2 M ine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

My enemies would daily swallow me up, for they are many that fight against me, O thou most High.

3 W hat time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

When I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

4 I n God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

5 A ll the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Every day my life is filled with sorrow; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 T hey gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps when they wait for my soul.

7 S hall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the peoples, O God.

8 T hou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

¶ Thou tellest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle; are they not in thy book?

9 T hen shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

When I cry unto thee, then shall my enemies be turned back; in this I know that God is for me.

10 I n God (I will praise his word), In Jehovah (I will praise his word),

In God I will praise his word; in the LORD I will praise his word.

11 I n God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?

In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid of what man can do unto me.

12 T hy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

Thy promises are upon me, O God; I will render praises unto thee.

13 F or thou hast delivered my soul from death: Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?

For thou hast delivered my life from death; thou hast kept my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.