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v1
Be gracious to me, O God, because humankind has trampled me; fighting all the day he oppresses me.
v2
My enemies ^[Or “lurking foes”] trample all day, because many are attacking me proudly.
v3
When ^[Literally “The day”] I fear, I trust you.
v4
God, whose word I praise, God I trust; I do not fear. What can mere flesh do to me?
v5
All day they twist my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
v6
They attack, ^[Or “they stir up strife”] they hide, they watch my steps, ^[Literally “heels”] as they lie in wait for my life.
v7
Because of iniquity will they escape? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
v8
You have kept count of my wonderings. Put my tears in your bottle; are they not in your book?
v9
Then my enemies will turn back when ^[Literally “in the day”] I call. ^[i.e., call on God] This I know because ^[Or “that”] God is for me.
v10
God, whose word I praise, Yahweh, whose word I praise,
v11
God I trust; I do not fear. What can mere humankind do to me?
v12
My vows to you, O God, are binding upon me. I will pay thank offerings to you,
v13
because you have delivered my soul from death. Have you not kept my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?