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¹ Be merciful to me, O God,
    because I am under attack;
    my enemies persecute me all the time.
² All day long my opponents attack me.
    There are so many who fight against me.
³ When I am afraid, O Lord Almighty,
    I put my trust in you.
⁴ I trust in God and am not afraid;
    I praise him for what he has promised.
    What can a mere human being do to me?

⁵ My enemies make trouble for me all day long;
    they are always thinking up some way to hurt me!
⁶ They gather in hiding places
    and watch everything I do,
    hoping to kill me.
⁷ Punish^[b] them, O God, for their evil;
    defeat those people in your anger!

⁸ You know how troubled I am;
    you have kept a record of my tears.
    Aren't they listed in your book?
⁹ The day I call to you,
    my enemies will be turned back.
I know this: God^[c] is on my side—
¹⁰     the Lord, whose promises I praise.
¹¹ In him I trust, and I will not be afraid.
    What can a mere human being do to me?

¹² O God, I will offer you what I have promised;
    I will give you my offering of thanksgiving,
¹³ because you have rescued me from death
    and kept me from defeat.
And so I walk in the presence of God,
    in the light that shines on the living.