i1 [A song of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.]i0 par O Jehovah my God, in You I put my trust; deliver me from all those who pursue me, and rescue me,

lest they tear my soul like a lion, tearing it in pieces, and there is no one to rescue.

from the face of the wicked who have devastated me; from the enemies of my soul who surround me.

They have encompassed us in our steps, they keep watch with their eyes, lying down on the ground,

Arise, O Jehovah, forestall him; bow him down; deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

Let those who seek after my soul be put to shame and dishonored; let those who devise evil against me be turned back and abashed.

For strangers have risen up against me, and terrible men seek after my soul; they have not set God before them. Selah.

Give attention to my cry, for I am brought very low; rescue me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.

let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; yea, let him trample down my life upon the earth and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from after me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then shall I lift up my face to your brother Joab?

And Joab said to the man who reported to him, Behold, you have seen; and why did you not strike him there to the ground? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a belt.

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel.

For I have heard the slander of many; fear is on every side; while they take counsel together against me, they have plotted to take away my life.

I am reckoned with those who go down to the pit; I am like a man with no strength,

You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths.

Then He said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!