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, that^{4 q}God 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.