1 S how 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.

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

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

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

3 W hen I am afraid, I will trust in You.

When I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

4 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 T hen those who hate me will turn back when I call. 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 praise the Word of God. I praise the Word of the Lord.

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

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

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

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

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

13 F or 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.

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.