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For an enemy reproacheth me not, or I bear [it], He who is hating me Hath not magnified himself against me, Or I hide from him.

Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol -- alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst.

He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.

Cast on Jehovah that which He hath given thee, And He doth sustain thee, He doth not suffer for ever the moving of the righteous.

To the Overseer. -- `On the Dumb Dove far off.' -- A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O most High,

All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts [are] for evil,

Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.

For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!

To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over.

I call to God Most High, To God [who] is perfecting for me.

A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

For great unto the heavens [is] Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.

They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

And man saith: `Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'

For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for `Who heareth?'

O my Strength, unto Thee I take heed, For God [is] my tower -- the God of my kindness.

They -- they wander for food, If they are not satisfied -- then they murmur.

And I -- I sing [of] Thy strength, And I sing at morn [of] Thy kindness, For thou hast been a tower to me, And a refuge for me in a day of adversity.