³ On days when I am afraid,
    I put my trust in you.
⁴ In God, whose word I praise,
    in God I put my trust.
        I will not fear what mortal man^[c] can do to me.

⁵ All day long people^[d] distort what I say;
    all their schemes against me are for evil purposes.
⁶ They gather together
    and hide in ambush.
They watch my every step
    as they lie in wait for my life.
⁷ Cast them away because of their wickedness.
    In wrath, God, cast down these^[e] people!

⁸ You have kept count of my wanderings.
    Put my tears in your bottle—
        have not you recorded them in your book?

⁹ My enemies will retreat when I call on you.^[f]
    This has been my experience,
        because God is with me.
¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise,
¹¹ in God I will put my trust.
    I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

¹² God, I have taken vows before you;^[g]
    therefore I will offer thanksgiving sacrifices to you.
¹³ For you have delivered me^[h] from death
    and my feet from stumbling,
        so that I may walk before God in the light of the living!

‘Saul has struck down his thousands,
    but David his ten thousands’?”