23AND YOU O GOD YOU WILL BRING DOWN THEM TO [THE] PIT OF [THE] PIT PEOPLE OF BLOOD<S> AND DECEIT NOT THEY WILL DIVIDE IN HALF DAYS THEIR AND I I WILL TRUST IN <THE> YOU 23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
0TO THE CHOIRMASTER ON YONATH- ELEM- RECHOKIM OF DAVID A MIKTAM WHEN SEIZED <OBJ.> HIM [THE] PHILISTINES IN GATH Be Merciful to Me, O God (1 Samuel 21:8–15) 0For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam*NoteCloseMiktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60. of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1SHOW FAVOR TO ME O GOD FOR HE HAS CRUSHED ME MAN ALL THE DAY [ONE WHO] FIGHTS HE OPPRESSES ME 1Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
2THEY HAVE CRUSHED [ME] ENEMIES MY ALL THE DAY FOR MANY [PEOPLE] [ARE] FIGHTING TO ME HEIGHT 2My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
4IN GOD I WILL PRAISE WORD HIS IN GOD I HAVE TRUSTED NOT I AM AFRAID WHAT? WILL IT DO FLESH TO ME 4In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
5ALL THE DAY WORDS MY THEY TWIST [ARE] ON ME ALL PLANS THEIR FOR <THE> EVIL 5All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
6THEY STIR UP TROUBLE THEY LIE HIDDEN THEY HEELS MY THEY WATCH FOR JUST AS THEY HAVE WAITED FOR LIFE MY 6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
7BECAUSE OF WICKEDNESS NOT DELIVER <TO> THEM IN ANGER PEOPLES BRING DOWN O GOD 7In spite of such sin, will they escape In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
8WANDERING MY YOU HAVE TAKEN ACCOUNT OF YOU PUT! TEAR[S] MY IN SKIN-BOTTLE YOUR ¿ NOT [IS IT] IN SCROLL YOUR 8You have taken account of my wanderings.*NoteCloseOr sorrows Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
9THEN THEY WILL TURN BACK ENEMIES MY BACKWARDS ON [THE] DAY [WHEN] I WILL CALL OUT THIS I KNOW THAT GOD [IS] FOR ME 9Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
10IN GOD I WILL PRAISE A WORD IN YAHWEH I WILL PRAISE A WORD 10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
11IN GOD I HAVE TRUSTED NOT I AM AFRAID WHAT? WILL HE DO ANYONE TO ME 11in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12[ARE] ON ME O GOD VOWS YOUR I WILL PAY THANK-OFFERINGS TO YOU 12Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
13FOR YOU HAVE DELIVERED LIFE MY FROM DEATH ¿ NOT FEET MY FROM STUMBLING TO GO ABOUT <TO> BEFORE GOD IN [THE] LIGHT OF <THE> LIFE 13For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.