Prayer for Relief from Tormentors
To the Chief Musician. Set to "The Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A Michtam of David when the 1 Sam. 21:11Philistines captured him in Gath.
1 Be Ps. 57:1merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up;
Fighting all day he oppresses me.
2 My enemies would Ps. 57:3hound me all day,
For thereare 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;
Ps. 118:6; Is. 31:3; (Heb. 13:6)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;
(Mal. 3:16)Arethey not in Your book?
9 When I cry out toYou,
Then my enemies will turn back;
This I know, because (Ps. 118:6; Rom. 8:31)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 arebinding upon me, O God;
I will render praises to You,
13 Ps. 116:8, 9For You have delivered my soul from death.
HaveYou not kept my feet from falling,
That I may walk before God
In the Job 33:30light of the living?