1 B e merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses 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 y enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who 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 hen I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

When I am afraid, I will trust in You.

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?

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 day long they twist 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 conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

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, God.

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

8 Y ou number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren’t they in your 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 my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, 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 Yahweh, I will praise his word.

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

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. What can man do to me?

12 Y our vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

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

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 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.