To the conductor; upon the dove of distant silence. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines grasped him in Gath.1Be gracious to me, O God, for a human has crushed me; all the day long they fight and oppress me.2My enemies have crushed me all the day long, for many are fighting against me from on high.3In the day when I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.4In God I will praise his word; in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me.5All the day long my words cause me pain; all their plots are for evil.6They quarrel and store up; they store up and watch my heel, just as they have awaited my soul.7In the face of evil bring deliverance to them; in anger cast the peoples down, O God.8You have counted my wanderings; you have put my tears into your wineskin; are they not also in your scroll?9Then my enemies will turn back on the day I call; this I know, that God is for me.10In God I will praise the word; in the LORD I will praise the word.11In God I have put my trust; I will not fear what man can do to me.12I have vows to you, O God, which I will fulfill with thanksgiving.13For you have delivered my soul from death; have you not kept my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of life?