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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?