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To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath. 
 1 Be gracious unto me, O °ElohimGod; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me. 
 2 Mine enemies would swallow [me] up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily. 
 3 In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee. 
 4 In °ElohimGod will I praise his word, in °ElohimGod I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me? 
 5 All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil. 
 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul. 
 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O °ElohimGod. 
 8  Thou countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? 
 9 Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for °ElohimGod is for me. 
 10 In °ElohimGod will I praise [his] word; in Jehovah will I praise [his] word. 
 11 In °ElohimGod have I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can man do unto me? 
 12 Thy vows are upon me, O °ElohimGod: I will render thanks unto thee. 
 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death; [wilt thou] not [keep] my feet from falling, that I may walk before °ElohimGod in the light of the living?