For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Isn’t David hiding himself among us?”

• ¹Save me, God, by your name.
• Vindicate me in your might.

• ²Hear my prayer, God.
• Listen to the words of my mouth.

• ³For strangers have risen up against me.
• Violent men have sought after my soul.
• They haven’t set God before them.

• Selah.

• ⁴Behold, God is my helper.
• The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.

• ⁵He will repay the evil to my enemies.
• Destroy them in your truth.

• ⁶With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you.
• I will give thanks to your name, Yahweh, for it is good.

• ⁷For he has delivered me out of all trouble.
• My eye has seen triumph over my enemies.