GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 Have pity on me, O God, because people are harassing me. All day long warriors oppress me.
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To the Chief Musician. Set to 'The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.' A Michtam of David when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; Fighting all day he oppresses me.
2 All day long my enemies spy on me. They harass me. There are so many fighting against me.
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My enemies would hound me all day, For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.
3 Even when I am afraid, I still trust you.
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Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
4 I praise the word of God. I trust God. I am not afraid. What can mere flesh [and blood] do to me?
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In God (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?
5 All day long my enemies twist my words. Their every thought is an evil plan against me.
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All day they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They attack, and then they hide. They watch my every step as they wait to take my life.
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They gather together, They hide, they mark my steps, When they lie in wait for my life.
7 With the wrong they do, can they escape? O God, angrily make the nations fall.
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Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God!
8 (You have kept a record of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. They are already in your book.)
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You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book?
9 Then my enemies will retreat when I call [to you]. This I know: God is on my side.
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When I cry out to You, Then my enemies will turn back; This I know, because God is for me.
10 I praise the word of God. I praise the word of the LORD.
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In God (I will praise His word), In the Lord (I will praise His word),
11 I trust God. I am not afraid. What can mortals do to me?
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In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12 I am bound by my vows to you, O God. I will keep my vows by offering songs of thanksgiving to you.
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Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God; I will render praises to You,
13 You have rescued me from death. You have kept my feet from stumbling so that I could walk in your presence, in the light of life.
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For You have delivered my soul from death. Have You not kept my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?