¹ Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. ² My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, ³ When I am afraid, ⁴ In God, I praise his word. ⁵ All day long they twist my words. ⁶ They conspire and lurk,
watching my steps. ⁷ Shall they escape by iniquity? ⁸ You count my wanderings.
Aren’t they in your book? ⁹ Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. ¹⁰ In God, I will praise his word. ¹¹ I have put my trust in God. ¹² Your vows are on me, God. ¹³ For you have delivered my soul from death,