Commentary on Psalms - Volume 5

To the Chief Musician upon, the silent dove in distant places. Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath

1Have mercy upon me, O God, For swallow me up doth man; He daily assaulting doth oppress me.

2Swallow me up do my enemies daily: Truly many strive to oppress me, O Jehovah, Most High!

3In the day when I was afraid, I in thee did trust.

4In God I will praise his word; In God have I trusted; I will not fear what flesh can do to me.

5Every day my words disquiet me; Against me are all their thoughts for evil.

6They assemble together, they hide themselves, My heels they watch, Because they desire my soul.

7In their iniquity they think there is escape for them: In thy wrath the peoples thou wilt cast down, O God!

8My wanderings thou numbereth, even thou: Put my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy register?

9Then my enemies shall be turned back in the day when I cry: This I know, because God is with me.

10In God will I praise [his] word; In Jehovah will I praise [his] word.

11In God have I trusted; I will not fear what man can do to me.

12Upon me, O God! are thy vows, I will render praises to thee.

13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: Hast thou not also delivered my feet from falling? That I may walk before God in the light of the living.