1 pro victoria ut non disperdas David humilem et simplicem
quando fugit a facie Saul in spelunca
2 miserere mei Deus miserere mei
quoniam in te sperat anima mea
in umbra alarum tuarum sperabo donec transeant insidiae
3 invocabo Deum altissimum Deum ultorem meum
4 mittet de caelo et salvabit me
exprobrabit conculcantibus me
semper
mittet Deus misericordiam suam et veritatem suam
5 anima mea in medio leonum dormivit ferocientium
filii hominum dentes eorum lancea et sagittae
et lingua eorum gladius acutus
6 exaltare super caelos Deus in omni terra gloria tua
7 rete paraverunt gressibus meis ad incurvandam animam meam
foderunt ante me foveam ceciderunt in medium eius semper
8 paratum cor meum Deus paratum cor meum cantabo et psallam
9 surge gloria mea surge psalterium et cithara surgam mane
10 confitebor tibi in populis Domine cantabo tibi in gentibus
11 quia magna usque ad caelos misericordia tua
et usque ad nubes veritas tua
12 exaltare super caelos Deus in omni terra gloria tua
To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.
1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
9 When I cry unto thee , then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?