1   
Be merciful to me, O God, because I am under attack;
  my enemies persecute me all the time.

2   
All day long my opponents attack me.
  There are so many who fight against me.

3   
When I am afraid, O Lord Almighty,
  I put my trust in you.

4   
I trust in God and am not afraid;
  I praise him for what he has promised.
  What can a mere human being do to me?

5   
My enemies make trouble for me all day long;
  they are always thinking up some way to hurt me!

6   
They gather in hiding places
  and watch everything I do,
  hoping to kill me.

7   
Punish ^note them, O God, for their evil;
  defeat those people in your anger!

8   
You know how troubled I am;
  you have kept a record of my tears.
  Aren't they listed in your book?

9   
The day I call to you,
  my enemies will be turned back.
I know this: God ^note is on my side—

10   
  the Lord, whose promises I praise.

11   
In him I trust, and I will not be afraid.
  What can a mere human being do to me?

12   
O God, I will offer you what I have promised;
  I will give you my offering of thanksgiving,

13   
because you have rescued me from death
  and kept me from defeat.
And so I walk in the presence of God,
  in the light that shines on the living.

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