2 for you have helped me and protected me.You have rescued me from death,from dangerous lies and slander.
3 You helped me when no one else would;in your great mercy you saved mefrom the many troubles I have known:from the glaring hatred of my enemies,who wanted to put an end to my life;
4 from suffocation in oppressive smokerising from fires I did not light;
5 from death itself;from vicious slander reported to the king.
6 I was once brought face to face with death;
7 enemies surrounded me everywhere.I looked for someone to help me,but there was no one there.
8 But then, O Lord, I remembered how merciful you areand what you had done in times past.I remembered that you rescue those who rely on you,that you save them from their enemies.