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

Show me Your loving-kindness, O God, for man has walked on me. All day long the one who tries to keep me down fights with me.

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

All day long those who hate me have walked on me. For there are many who fight against me with pride.

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

When I am afraid, I will trust in You.

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?

I praise the Word of God. I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can only a man do to me?

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

All day long they change my words to say what I did not say. They are always thinking of ways to hurt me.

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

They go after me as in a fight. They hide themselves. They watch my steps, as they have waited to take my life.

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

Because they are bad, do not let them get away. Bring down the people in Your anger, O God.

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

You have seen how many places I have gone. Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book?

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

Then those who hate me will turn back when I call. I know that God is for me.

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

I praise the Word of God. I praise the Word of the Lord.

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. What can man do to me?

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

I am under an agreement with You, O God. I will give You gifts of thanks.

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 You have set my soul free from death. You have kept my feet from falling, so I may walk with God in the light of life.