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For the director of music. A miktam of David after the Philistines had captured him in Gath. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oak Trees.”
1 God, show me your favor. Men are chasing me.
All day long they keep attacking me.
2 Those who tell lies about me chase me all day long.
Many proud people are attacking me.
I will trust in you.
4 I trust in God. I praise his word.
I trust in God. I will not be afraid.
What can people do to me?
5 All day long they twist my words.
They are always making plans to harm me.
They watch my steps.
They hope to kill me.
7 Make sure you don’t let them escape.
God, bring down the nations in your anger.
8 Write down my poem of sadness.
List my tears on your scroll.
Aren’t you making a record of them?
when I call out to you for help.
Then I will know that God is on my side.
10 I trust in God. I praise his word.
I trust in the Lord. I praise his word.
11 I trust in God. I will not be afraid.
What can mere men do to me?
12 God, I have made promises to you.
I will bring my thank offerings to you.
13 You have saved me from death.
You have kept me from tripping and falling.
Now I can live with you
in the light that leads to life.
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