O God, have mercy on me, for people are hounding me. My foes attack me all day long.

神啊，求你怜悯我，因为人要把我吞了，终日攻击欺压我。

上帝啊，求你怜悯我，因为有人践踏我，终日攻击欺压我。

神啊，求你怜悯我，因为有人践踏我，终日攻击欺压我。

上帝啊，求你怜悯我，因为仇敌攻击我，整日迫害我。

神啊！求你恩待我，因为人要践踏我；他们终日攻击我，迫害我。

神哪，求你恩待我！因为世人践踏我，与我争战的人终日压迫我。

神啊，求你憐憫我，因為人要把我吞了，終日攻擊欺壓我。

上帝啊，求你憐憫我，因為有人踐踏我，終日攻擊欺壓我。

神啊，求你憐憫我，因為有人踐踏我，終日攻擊欺壓我。

上帝啊，求你憐憫我，因為仇敵攻擊我，整日迫害我。

神啊！求你恩待我，因為人要踐踏我；他們終日攻擊我，迫害我。

上帝啊，恩待我，因為人把我蹂躪了；打仗的終日壓迫我。

神哪，求你恩待我！因為世人踐踏我，與我爭戰的人終日壓迫我。

上帝歟、尚其憫我、人欲噬我、終日攻我虐我兮、

上帝兮、人欲噬子、日加虐遇、求施矜憫兮、

求天主憐恤我、因有人忿然欲吞我、終日攻擊我、欺壓我、

Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack.

Help me, God. Men are chasing me. All day long they keep attacking me.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me;

Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me; he fights and oppresses me all day long.

Be gracious to me, God, for a man has trampled upon me; Fighting all day long he oppresses me.

Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; Fighting all day he oppresses me.

Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

Be gracious to me, God, for man tramples me; he fights and oppresses me all day long.

Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.

Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

Keep me safe, O God, for I have come to you for refuge.

But I keep praying to you, Lord, hoping this time you will show me favor. In your unfailing love, O God, answer my prayer with your sure salvation.Rescue me from the mud; don’t let me sink any deeper! Save me from those who hate me, and pull me from these deep waters.Don’t let the floods overwhelm me, or the deep waters swallow me, or the pit of death devour me.Answer my prayers, O Lord, for your unfailing love is wonderful. Take care of me, for your mercy is so plentiful.

When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.

But the Philistine commanders were angry.“ Send him back to the town you’ve given him!” they demanded.“ He can’t go into the battle with us. What if he turns against us in battle and becomes our adversary? Is there any better way for him to reconcile himself with his master than by handing our heads over to him?

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy! I look to you for protection. I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings until the danger passes by.I cry out to God Most High, to God who will fulfill his purpose for me.He will send help from heaven to rescue me, disgracing those who hound me. Interlude My God will send forth his unfailing love and faithfulness.

Yes, the Lord has vanquished Israel like an enemy. He has destroyed her palaces and demolished her fortresses. He has brought unending sorrow and tears upon beautiful Jerusalem.

In his unfailing love, my God will stand with me. He will let me look down in triumph on all my enemies.

The people of Israel have been swallowed up; they lie among the nations like an old discarded pot.

Rescue me from my enemies, O God. Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.

You will throw them in a flaming furnace when you appear. The Lord will consume them in his anger; fire will devour them.

Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress. Tears blur my eyes. My body and soul are withering away.

Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave; let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.

Because of this, the earth opened up; it swallowed Dathan and buried Abiram and the other rebels.

You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses. You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.

Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled:“ Death is swallowed up in victory.

But the officers of Achish were unhappy about his being there.“ Isn’t this David, the king of the land?” they asked.“ Isn’t he the one the people honor with dances, singing,‘ Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”David heard these comments and was very afraid of what King Achish of Gath might do to him.So he pretended to be insane, scratching on doors and drooling down his beard.Finally, King Achish said to his men,“ Must you bring me a madman?We already have enough of them around here! Why should I let someone like this be my guest?”

All your enemies mock you. They scoff and snarl and say,“ We have destroyed her at last! We have long waited for this day, and it is finally here!”

Without mercy the Lord has destroyed every home in Israel. In his anger he has broken down the fortress walls of beautiful Jerusalem. He has brought them to the ground, dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers.

but he hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His faithful love endures forever.

They would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger.

Don’t let them say,“ Look, we got what we wanted! Now we will eat him alive!”

In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies and destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.

Justice— do you rulers know the meaning of the word? Do you judge the people fairly?

Give thanks to him who killed the firstborn of Egypt. His faithful love endures forever.

Give thanks to him who struck down mighty kings. His faithful love endures forever.He killed powerful kings— His faithful love endures forever.Sihon king of the Amorites, His faithful love endures forever.and Og king of Bashan. His faithful love endures forever.