i1 [To the chief Musician. Jonathelemrechokim. Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.] i0 par Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting daily, he oppresses me.

i1 [To the Chief Musician. Shushaneduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he struggled with Syrian Naharaim and with Syrian Maachah, when Joab returned and struck twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.] i0 par O God, You have cast us off, You have broken us, You were angry; bring us back.

My steps have been upheld in Your paths, so that my footsteps have not slipped.

Keep me as the pupil of the eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings,

O love Jehovah, all you His saints; for Jehovah preserves the faithful, and abundantly recompenses the proud doer.

For Jehovah loves justice and does not forsake His Godly ones; they are preserved forever; but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

You who love Jehovah, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.

Jehovah protects the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.

to guard the paths of judgment; and He keeps watch over the way of His saints.

And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, Jehovah, have not forsaken those who seek You.

He trusted on Jehovah; let Him deliver Him; let Him rescue Him, since He delights in Him!

Keep my soul, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You.

O Jehovah of Hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You!

i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par Those who trust in Jehovah are like Mount Zion, which is not shaken, but remains forever.

Blessed is he who has the Mighty God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Jehovah his God,

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You; because he trusts in You.

Trust in Jehovah forever; for in YAH JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.

Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, and Jehovah is his refuge.

For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters; it sends out its roots by the river, and it shall not fear when the heat comes, but its foliage shall be green; and he is not anxious in the year of drought, nor will it cease from yielding fruit.

Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,

For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep safe what I have committed to Him until that Day.