1. Be gracious unto me, O God for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.
2. Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.
3. In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.
4. In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me?
5. All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6. They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.
7. Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God
8. Thou countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
9. Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.