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 thinking up some way 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.