^1aTo the choirmaster on Jonath-Elem-Rechokim.↑

A Golden Psalm of David when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

^1bHave mercy on me, O God,

For man thirsts for me;

All day long he oppresses me with fighting.

²My adversaries thirst for me all day long,

For many are they

Who haughtily do battle against me.

³On the day when I am afraid,

I will trust in you.

⁴Through God I will praise his word;

⁵All day long they do violence to my words;

All their thoughts are aimed at my harm.

⁶They meet and hide;

They keep watch over my footsteps,

As they lie in wait for my life.

⁷Deliver them into a void;

Bring down the various peoples in anger, O God.

⁸You can count my wanderings

And put my tears in your bottle.

Are they not in your book?

⁹Presently my enemies will turn back

– On the day when I call.

I know this,

For God is for me.

¹⁰Through God I will praise the word;

Through the Lord I will praise the word.

¹¹In God I trust;

I shall not fear.

What can man do to me?

¹²O God, my vows to you are incumbent on me;

I will fulfil thank-offerings to you.

¹³For you have rescued me from death.

Is it not my feet you have saved from stumbling,

So I can walk before God in the light of the living?

Reference(s) in Chapter 56: v.4 ↔ Hebrews 13:6.