Dual Panel1For the leader: set to “The Dove of the Distant Oaks”: for David: a miktam (when the Philistines seized him in Gath) BE gracious to me, God, for I am trampled underfoot; assailants harass me all the day.
2All day long foes beset and oppress me, for numerous are those who assail me.
3In my day of fear I put my trust in you, the Most High,
4in God, whose promise is my boast, in God I trust and shall not be afraid; what can mortals do to me?
5All day long they wound me with words; every plan they make is aimed at me.
6In malice they band together and watch for me, they dog my footsteps; but, while they lie in wait for me,
7there is no escape for them because of their iniquity. God, in your anger overthrow the nations.
8You have noted my grief; store my tears in your flask. Are they not recorded in your book?
9Then my enemies will turn back on the day when I call to you. This I know, that God is on my side.
10In God, whose promise is my boast, in the LORD, whose promise is my boast,
11in God I trust and shall not be afraid; what can mortals do to me?
12I have bound myself with vows made to you, God, and will redeem them with due thank-offerings;
13for you have rescued me from death and my feet from stumbling, to walk in the presence of God, in the light of life.