³ When I am afraid,^(F) I put my trust in you.^(G)
4     In God, whose word I praise—^(H)
in God I trust and am not afraid.^(I)
    What can mere mortals do to me?^(J)

⁵ All day long they twist my words;^(K)
    all their schemes are for my ruin.
⁶ They conspire,^(L) they lurk,
    they watch my steps,^(M)
    hoping to take my life.^(N)
7 Because of their wickedness do not^[c] let them escape;^(O)
    in your anger, God, bring the nations down.^(P)

⁸ Record my misery;
    list my tears on your scroll^[d](Q)—
    are they not in your record?^(R)
9 Then my enemies will turn back^(S)
    when I call for help.^(T)
    By this I will know that God is for me.^(U)

¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise—
¹¹ in God I trust and am not afraid.
    What can man do to me?

¹² I am under vows^(V) to you, my God;
    I will present my thank offerings to you.
¹³ For you have delivered me from death^(W)
    and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.^(X)

² I cry out to God Most High,
    to God, who vindicates me.^(AD)
3 He sends from heaven and saves me,^(AE)
    rebuking those who hotly pursue me—^[g](AF)
    God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.^(AG)

⁴ I am in the midst of lions;^(AH)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.^(AI)

⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
    let your glory be over all the earth.^(AJ)

⁶ They spread a net for my feet^(AK)—
    I was bowed down^(AL) in distress.
They dug a pit^(AM) in my path—
    but they have fallen into it themselves.^(AN)

⁷ My heart, O God, is steadfast,
    my heart is steadfast;^(AO)
    I will sing and make music.
⁸ Awake, my soul!
    Awake, harp and lyre!^(AP)
    I will awaken the dawn.

⁹ I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
    I will sing of you among the peoples.
¹⁰ For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
    your faithfulness reaches to the skies.^(AQ)

¹¹ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;^(AR)
    let your glory be over all the earth.^(AS)

³ Even from birth the wicked go astray;
    from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
⁴ Their venom is like the venom of a snake,^(AW)
    like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
⁵ that will not heed^(AX) the tune of the charmer,^(AY)
    however skillful the enchanter may be.

⁶ Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;^(AZ)
    Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!^(BA)
7 Let them vanish like water that flows away;^(BB)
    when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.^(BC)
8 May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,^(BD)
    like a stillborn child^(BE) that never sees the sun.

⁹ Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns^(BF)—
    whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.^[j](BG)
10 The righteous will be glad^(BH) when they are avenged,^(BI)
    when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.^(BJ)
11 Then people will say,
    “Surely the righteous still are rewarded;^(BK)
    surely there is a God who judges the earth.”^(BL)