³ When I am afraid,
I will trust in you.^(C)
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?^(D)

⁵ They twist my words all day long;
all their thoughts against me are evil.^(E)
6 They stir up strife,^[b] they lurk,
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.^(F)
7 Will they escape in spite of such sin?
God, bring down the nations in wrath.^(G)

⁸ You yourself have recorded my wanderings.^[c]
Put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?^(H)
9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.^(I)
This I know: God is for me.^(J)

¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
¹¹ in God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What can mere humans do to me?^(K)

¹² I am obligated by vows^[d] to you, God;
I will make my thanksgiving sacrifices to you.^(L)
13 For you rescued me from death,
even my feet from stumbling,
to walk before God in the light of life.^(M)