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

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

2 M y enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who 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 hen I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

When I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

4 I n God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh 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 twist 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 conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

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, God.

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

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

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

9 T hen my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, 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 Yahweh, I will praise his word.

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

11 I have put my trust in God. 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 Y our vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

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

13 F or 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.

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.