| Holman Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1For the choir director: according to "A Silent Dove Far Away." A Davidic Miktam. When the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be gracious to me, God, for man tramples me; he fights and oppresses me all day long. | 1Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; |
| 2My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me. | 2my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly. |
| 3When I am afraid, I will trust in You. | 3When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. |
| 4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not fear. What can man do to me? | 4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? |
| 5They twist my words all day long; all their thoughts against me are evil. | 5All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil. |
| 6They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps while they wait to take my life. | 6They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life. |
| 7Will they escape in spite of such sin? God, bring down the nations in wrath. | 7For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! |
| 8You Yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your records? | 8You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? |
| 9Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call. This I know: God is for me. | 9Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. |
| 10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, | 10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, |
| 11in God I trust; I will not fear. What can man do to me? | 11in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? |
| 12I am obligated by vows to You, God; I will make my thank offerings to You. | 12I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you. |
| 13For You delivered me from death, even my feet from stumbling, to walk before God in the light of life. | 13For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life. |
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