For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long: for they be many that fight proudly against me.
What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.
In God I will praise his word: in God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; what can flesh do unto me?
All the day long they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.
Shall they escape by iniquity? in anger cast down the peoples, O God.
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle; are they not in thy book?
Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: this I know, that God is for me.
In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; what can man do unto me?
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank offerings unto thee.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: hast thou not delivered my feet from falling? that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
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When Philistines seized David: trust amid fear; tears kept in God’s bottle; vows of praise upon deliverance.
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