For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

1 Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.

All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

2 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long,

for they are many who fight proudly against me.

3 When I am afraid,

I will put my trust in you.

4 In God, I praise his word.

In God, I put my trust.

I will not be afraid.

What can flesh do to me?

5 All day long they twist my words.

All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They conspire and lurk,

watching my steps.

They are eager to take my life.

7 Shall they escape by iniquity?

In anger cast down the peoples, God.

8 You count my wanderings.

You put my tears into your container.

Aren’t they in your book?

9 Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.

I know this: that God is for me.

10 In God, I will praise his word.

In Yahweh, I will praise his word.

11 I have put my trust in God.

I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

12 Your vows are on me, God.

I will give thank offerings to you.

13 For you have delivered my soul from death,

and prevented my feet from falling,

that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

大卫的金诗，交给诗班长，调用"远方无声鸽"，是大卫在迦特被非利士人捉住时作的。 1 　神啊！求你恩待我，因为人要践踏我；

他们终日攻击我，迫害我。

2 我的仇敌终日践踏我，

攻击我的人很多。

3 至高者*"至高者"原文放在第2节末，在那里或译："因逞骄傲攻击我的人很多"啊！我惧怕的时候，

就要倚靠你。

4 靠着　神，我要赞美他的话；

我倚靠　神，就必不惧怕，

人能把我怎么样呢？

5 他们终日歪曲我的话，

常常设计谋陷害我。

6 他们聚集在一起，埋伏着，

窥探我的脚踪，

等候要害我的性命。

7 愿他们因罪孽的缘故不能逃脱；

神啊！愿你在怒中使这些人败落。

8 我多次流离，你都数算；

你把我的眼泪装在你的皮袋里。

这不都记在你的册子上吗？

9 我呼求你的时候，

我的仇敌就都转身退后；

因此我知道　神是帮助我的。

10 靠着　神，我要赞美他的话；

靠着耶和华，我要赞美他的话。

11 我倚靠　神，就必不惧怕，

人能把我怎么样呢？

12 　神啊！我要偿还我向你所许的愿，

我要把感谢祭献给你。

13 因为你救了我的性命脱离死亡；

你不是救了我的脚不跌倒，

使我在生命的光中，行在　神你的面前吗？