1To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam[1] of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; (1صم 21:10; 1صم 22:1; مز 4:1; مز 16:1; مز 57:1; مز 57:3)2my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.3When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. (مز 11:1)4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? (مز 27:1; مز 118:6; إش 51:12; عب 13:6)5All day long they injure my cause;[2] all their thoughts are against me for evil.6They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life. (مز 10:8; مز 59:3; مز 71:10; مز 140:2; إش 54:15)7For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! (مز 7:6; مز 55:23; مز 59:5)8You have kept count of my tossings;[3] put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? (2مل 20:5; مز 39:12; ملا 3:16)9Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that[4] God is for me. (مز 102:2; مز 118:6; رو 8:31)10In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise,11in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? (مز 56:4)12I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you. (مز 50:14)13For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life. (مز 49:15; مز 49:19; مز 116:8; مز 116:9)