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 planning how to hurt me!
6. They gather in hiding placesand watch everything I do,hoping to kill me.
7. Punish 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 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 deathand kept me from defeat.And so I walk in the presence of God,in the light that shines on the living.