1   Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. 2   My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me. 3   When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. 4   In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? 5   All day long they twist 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. 7   Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God. 8   You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book? 9   Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me. 10   In God, I will praise his word. In the LORD, I will praise his word. 11   I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 12   Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you. 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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