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- {To the chief Musician.
On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.
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- Mine enemies would swallow [me] up all the day long;
for they are many that fight against me haughtily.
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- In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.
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- In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear;
what can flesh do unto me?
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- All the day long they wrest my words;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
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- They gather themselves together, they hide themselves;
they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.
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- Shall they escape by iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
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- *Thou* countest my wanderings;
put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
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- Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.
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- In God will I praise [his] word;
in Jehovah will I praise [his] word.
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- In God have I put my confidence: I will not fear;
what can man do unto me?
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- Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thanks unto thee.
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- For thou hast delivered my soul from death;
[wilt thou] not [keep] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
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