1 For the leader. Set to "The
Silent Dove in the Distance." By David; a mikhtam, when the P'lishtim
captured him in Gat: Show me favor, God; for people are trampling me down -all
day they fight and press on me.
2 Those who are lying in wait for me
would trample on me all day. For those fighting against me are many. Most
High,
3 when I am afraid, I put my trust in
you.
4 In God - I praise his word -in God I
trust; I have no fear; what can human power do to me?
5 All day long they twist my words;
their only thought is to harm me.
6 They gather together and hide
themselves, spying on my movements, hoping to kill me.
7 Because of their crime, they cannot
escape; in anger, God, strike down the peoples.
8 You have kept count of my wanderings;
store my tears in your water-skin -aren't they already recorded in your
book?
9 Then my enemies will turn back on the
day when I call; this I know: that God is for me.
10 In God - I praise his word -in
ADONAI - I praise his word -
11 in God I trust; I have no fear; what
can mere humans do to me?
12 God, I have made vows to you; I will
fulfill them with thank offerings to you.
13 For you rescued me from death, you
kept my feet from stumbling, so that I can walk in God's presence, in the
light of life.
