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I will freely sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O LORD, for it is good.

For He has delivered me out of all trouble; And my eye has seen its desire upon my enemies.

Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me, And in wrath they hate me.

Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.

For it is not an enemy who reproaches me; Then I could bear it. Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me; Then I could hide from him.

Let death seize them; Let them go down alive into hell, For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

As for me, I will call upon God, And the LORD shall save me.

He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, For there were many against me.

To the Chief Musician. Set to 'The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.' [fn] A Michtam of David when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up;Fighting all day he oppresses me.

My enemies would hound me all day, For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

All day they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.

They gather together, They hide, they mark my steps, When they lie in wait for my life.

When I cry out to You, Then my enemies will turn back; This I know, because God is for me.

For You have delivered my soul from death. Have You not kept my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?

To the Chief Musician. Set to 'Do Not Destroy.' [fn] A Michtam of David when he fled from Saul into the cave. Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me!For my soul trusts in You;And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge,Until these calamities have passed by.

I will cry out to God Most High, To God who performs all things for me.

They 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

For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens, And Your truth unto the clouds.

So that men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely He is God who judges in the earth."

For look, they lie in wait for my life; The mighty gather against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD.