The Lord Upholds My Life
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil1 of David, qwhen the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?”
1 O God, save me by your name,
and vindicate me by your might.
2 O God, hear my prayer;
give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 For rstrangers2 have risen against me;
ruthless men seek my life;
they do not set God before themselves. Selah
4 Behold, God is my shelper;
the Lord is the upholder of my life.
5 tHe will return the evil to my enemies;
in your faithfulness uput an end to them.
6 With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you;
vI will give thanks to your name, O Lord, wfor it is good.
7 For he has xdelivered me from every trouble,
and my eye has ylooked in triumph on my enemies.
In God I Trust
To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam1 of David, jwhen the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man ktramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
3 When I am afraid,
I put my ltrust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; mI shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
5 All day long they injure my cause;2
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They nstir up strife, they lurk;
they owatch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.
7 For their crime will they escape?
In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
8 You have kept count of my tossings;3
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in pyour book?
9 Then my enemies will turn back
in the day when I call.
This I know, that4 qGod is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 I must perform my vows to you, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.
13 For you have rdelivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may swalk before God
in the tlight of life.