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To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. |
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Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. |
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What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. |
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In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. |
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Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. |
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They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. |
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Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. |
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Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? |
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When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. |
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In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. |
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In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. |
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Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. |
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For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? |
