| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time he fled from Saul and went into the cave. To be sung to the tune "Do Not Destroy!" Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy! I look to you for protection. I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings until the danger passes by. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3He will send help from heaven to rescue me, disgracing those who hound me. Interlude My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I am surrounded by fierce lions who greedily devour human prey--whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows, and whose tongues cut like swords. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens! May your glory shine over all the earth. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6My enemies have set a trap for me. I am weary from distress. They have dug a deep pit in my path, but they themselves have fallen into it. Interlude |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises! |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Wake up, my heart! Wake up, O lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I will thank you, Lord, among all the people. I will sing your praises among the nations. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens. May your glory shine over all the earth. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007.
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