Hebrew Names Version HNV
American Standard Version ASV
1 <<For the Chief Musician. To the tune "Silent Dove in Distant Lands". A miktam by David, when the Pelishtim seized him in Gat.>> Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
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Be merciful unto me, O God; For man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
2 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.
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Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.
3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
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What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.
4 In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
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In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?
5 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
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All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They conspire and lurk, Watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
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They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
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Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
8 You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book?
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Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?
9 Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.
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Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.
10 In God, I will praise his word. In the LORD, I will praise his word.
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In God (I will praise [his] word), In Jehovah (I will praise [his] word),
11 I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
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In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?
12 Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
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Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.
13 For you have delivered my soul from death, And prevented my feet from falling, That I may walk before God in the light of the living.
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For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?
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