To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.
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Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up;He fighting daily oppresseth me.
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Mine enemies would daily swallow me up:For they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
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What time I am afraid,I will trust in thee.
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In God I will praise his word,In God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
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Every day they wrest my words:All their thoughts are against me for evil.
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They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,They mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
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Shall they escape by iniquity?In thine anger cast down the people, O God.
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Thou tellest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle:Are they not in thy book?
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When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back:This I know; for God is for me.
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In God will I praise his word:In the LORD will I praise his word.
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In God have I put my trust:I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
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Thy vows are upon me, O God:I will render praises unto thee.
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For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling,That I may walk before God in the light of the living?