To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktama of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
for many attack me proudly.
I put my trust in you.
in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
they watch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.
In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
in the day when I call.
This I know, thatd God is for me.
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
What can man do to me?
I will render thank offerings to you.
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.