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Prayer for Relief from Tormentors
To the Chief Musician. Set to 1“The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” a Michtam of David When the aPhilistines Captured Him in Gath.
1 Be bmerciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up;
Fighting all day he oppresses me.
2 My enemies would chound me all day,
For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.
I will trust in You.
4 In God (I will praise His word),
In God I have put my trust;
dI will not fear.
What can flesh do to me?
5 All day they twist my words;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
They hide, they mark my steps,
When they lie in wait for my life.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, O God!
Put my tears into Your bottle;
eAre they not in Your book?
Then my enemies will turn back;
This I know, because fGod is for me.
10 In God (I will praise His word),
In the Lord (I will praise His word),
11 In God I have put my trust;
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God;
I will render praises to You,
13 gFor You have delivered my soul from death.
Have You not kept my feet from falling,
That I may walk before God
In the hlight of the living?
Prayer for Safety from Enemies
To the Chief Musician. Set to 1“Do Not Destroy.” a Michtam of David aWhen He Fled from Saul into the Cave.
1 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!
For my soul trusts in You;
bAnd in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,
cUntil these calamities have passed by.
2 I will cry out to God Most High,
To God dwho performs all things for me.
3 eHe shall send from heaven and save me;
He reproaches the one who 2would swallow me up. Selah
God fshall send forth His mercy and His truth.
I lie among the sons of men
Who are set on fire,
gWhose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
5 hBe exalted, O God, above the heavens;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.
6 iThey have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down;
They have dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah
7 jMy heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;
I will sing and give praise.
8 Awake, kmy glory!
Awake, lute and harp!
I will awaken the dawn.
9 lI will praise You, O Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing to You among the 3nations.
10 mFor Your mercy reaches unto the heavens,
And Your truth unto the clouds.
11 nBe exalted, O God, above the heavens;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.
The Just Judgment of the Wicked
To the Chief Musician. Set to 1“Do Not Destroy.” a Michtam of David.
1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones?
Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?
2 No, in heart you work wickedness;
You weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 aThe wicked are estranged from the womb;
They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 bTheir poison is like the poison of a serpent;
They are like the deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5 Which will not cheed the voice of charmers,
Charming ever so skillfully.
6 dBreak 2their teeth in their mouth, O God!
Break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
7 eLet them flow away as waters which run continually;
When he bends his bow,
Let his arrows be as if cut in pieces.
8 Let them be like a snail which melts away as it goes,
fLike a stillborn child of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your gpots can feel the burning thorns,
He shall take them away has with a whirlwind,
As in His living and burning wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the ivengeance;
jHe shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 kSo that men will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely He is God who ljudges in the earth.”
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