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.

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?