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.
David Flees to Gath
10 And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is not this David the king of the land? qDid they not sing to one another of him in dances,
‘Saul has struck down his thousands,
and David his ten thousands’?”
12 And David took these words to heart and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
