1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up;

He fighting daily oppresseth me.

2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up:

For they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

3 What time I am afraid,

I will trust in thee.

4 In God I will praise his word,

In God I have put my trust; I will not fear

What flesh can do unto me.

5 Every day they wrest my words:

All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,

They mark my steps,

When they wait for my soul.

7 Shall they escape by iniquity?

In thine anger cast down the people, O God.

8 Thou tellest my wanderings:

Put thou my tears into thy bottle:

Are they not in thy book?

9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back:

This I know; for God is for me.

10 In God will I praise his word:

In the Lord will I praise his word.

11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid

What man can do unto me.

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God:

I will render praises unto thee.

13 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?