1 *Be gracious to me, O God, for man *tramples on me;

all day long an attacker oppresses me;

2 my enemies trample on me all day long,

for many attack me proudly.

3 When I am afraid,

I *put my trust in you.

4 In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; *I shall not be afraid.

What can flesh do to me?

5 All day long they injure my cause;*

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They *stir up strife, they *lurk;

they *watch my steps,

as they have waited for my life.

7 For their crime will they escape?

*In wrath *cast down the peoples, O God!

8 You have kept count of my tossings;*

*put my tears in your bottle.

*Are they not in your book?

9 Then my enemies will turn back

*in the day when I call.

This I know, that**God is for me.

10 In God, whose word I praise,

in the Lord, whose word I praise,

11 in God I trust; *I shall not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

12 I must perform my *vows to you, O God;

I will *render thank offerings to you.

13 *For you have delivered my soul from death,

yes, my feet from falling,

*that I may walk before God

*in the light of life.