To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A Michtam of David when the Philistines captured him in Gath.
1	Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; Fighting all day he oppresses me.
2	My enemies would hound me all day, For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.
3	Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
4	In God (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?
5	All day they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6	They gather together, They hide, they mark my steps, When they lie in wait for my life.
7	Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God!
8	You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book?
9	When I cry out to You, Then my enemies will turn back; This I know, because God is for me.
10	In God (I will praise His word), In the LORD (I will praise His word),
11	In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12	Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God; I will render praises to You,
13	For You have delivered my soul from death. Have You not kept my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?