To the chief musician, al-taskith, a micktam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave
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📚✭✭Be merciful to me,O God,
be merciful to me,
for my soul trusts in you.
Yes, in the shadow of your wings✭
I will make my refuge,
until these calamities
have passed.
2 📚I will cry out to God Most High✭,
to God who performs good things
for me.
3 📚He will send from heaven
and save me from the taunt
of the one who would
swallow me up. Selah
God will send forth his mercy
and his truth.
4 📚✭My soul is among lions,
and I lie down among
those who are set on fire,
the sons of men whose teeth are
spears and arrows,
and whose tongue is
a sharp sword.
5 📚✭Be exalted, O God, above
the heavens.
May your glory be
above all the earth.
6 📚They have prepared a net
for my steps.
My soul is bowed down.
They have dug a pit in front
of me;
they themselves have fallen
into the middle of it. Selah
7 📚✭My heart is steadfast✭, O God,
my heart is steadfast.
I will sing and give praise.
8 📚Awake, my glory!
Awake, lyre and harp!
I myself will awake early.
9 📚I will praise you, O Lord,
among the peoples.
I will sing to you among the nations.
10 📚For your mercy is great,
reaching to the heavens,
and your truth to the clouds.
11 📚Be exalted, O God, above the
heavens.
May your glory be above
all the earth.