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1 Be gracious to me, O God, because humankind has trampled me; fighting all the day he oppresses me.
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Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack.
2 My enemies trample all day, because many [are] attacking me proudly.
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My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.
3 {When} I fear, I trust you.
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When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
4 God, whose word I praise, God I trust; I do not fear. What can [mere] flesh do to me?
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In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
5 All day they twist my words; all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.
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All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin.
6 They attack, they hide, they watch my {steps}, as they [lie in] wait for my life.
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They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life.
7 Because of iniquity will they escape? In anger cast down [the] peoples, O God.
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Because of their wickedness do not let them escape; in your anger, God, bring the nations down.
8 You have kept count of my wonderings. Put my tears in your bottle; [are they] not in your book?
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Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll — are they not in your record?
9 Then my enemies will turn back {when} I call. This I know because God [is] for me.
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Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.
10 God, [whose] word I praise, Yahweh, [whose] word I praise,
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In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise—
11 God I trust; I do not fear. What can [mere] humankind do to me?
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in God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me?
12 [My] vows [to you], O God, [are binding] upon me. I will pay thank offerings to you,
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I am under vows to you, my God; I will present my thank offerings to you.
13 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?
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For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
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