American Standard Version of 1901
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For the Chief Musician; set to {That is, The silent dove of them that are afar off. Or, as otherwise read, The dove of the distant terebinths.}Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up:All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
{Or, They that lie in wait of me}Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long;For they are many that fight proudly against me.
What time I am afraid,I will put my trust in thee.
In God (I will praise his word),In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;What can flesh do unto me?
All the day long they wrest my words:All their thoughts are against me for evil.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,They mark my steps, {Or, Inasmuch as}Even as they have waited for my soul.
{Or, They think to escape}Shall they escape by iniquity?In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
Thou numberest my wanderings:Put thou my tears into thy bottle;Are they not in thy { Or, record}book?
Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call:This I know, { Or, for}that God is for me.
In God (I will praise his word),In Jehovah (I will praise his word),
In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;What can man do unto me?
Thy vows are upon me, O God:I will render thank-offerings unto thee.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death:Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling,That I may walk before GodIn the light of the { Or, life}living?