Lord my God, I go to you for safety. Help me. Save me from all those who are chasing me.

耶和华我的神啊，我投靠你！求你救我脱离一切追赶我的人，将我救拔出来！

耶和华—我的上帝啊，我投靠你！求你救我脱离所有追赶我的人，搭救我出来！

耶和华—我的神啊，我投靠你！求你救我脱离所有追赶我的人，搭救我出来！

我的上帝耶和华啊，我投靠你，求你拯救我脱离追赶我的人。

耶和华我的神啊！我已经投靠了你，求你拯救我脱离所有追赶我的人。求你搭救我，

耶和华我的神哪，我投靠了你！求你拯救我脱离一切追赶我的人，求你解救我，

耶和華－我的神啊，我投靠你！求你救我脫離一切追趕我的人，將我救拔出來！

耶和華－我的上帝啊，我投靠你！求你救我脫離所有追趕我的人，搭救我出來！

耶和華－我的神啊，我投靠你！求你救我脫離所有追趕我的人，搭救我出來！

我的上帝耶和華啊，我投靠你，求你拯救我脫離追趕我的人。

耶和華我的神啊！我已經投靠了你，求你拯救我脫離所有追趕我的人。求你搭救我，

永恆主我的上帝啊，我避難於你裏面；求你拯救我脫離一切追趕我的人，而搶救我；

耶和華我的神哪，我投靠了你！求你拯救我脫離一切追趕我的人，求你解救我，

我上帝耶和華歟、我託庇於爾、尚其救援、脫於逐我之眾兮、

耶和華我之上帝兮、維爾是賴、逐我者眾兮、望爾拯救、

主我之天主歟、我惟倚賴主、求主拯濟我、救援我脫離一切逼迫我之人、

Lord my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,

O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,

I come to you for protection, O Lord my God. Save me from my persecutors— rescue me!

LORD my God, I seek refuge in you; save me from all my pursuers and rescue me,

O Lord my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and rescue me,

O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; And deliver me,

O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,

Yahweh my God, I seek refuge in You; save me from all my pursuers and rescue me

O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

O LORD my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!

Yahweh, my God, I take refuge in you. Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me,

My whole life is in your hands. Save me from the hands of my enemies. Save me from those who are chasing me.

This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. It is on shigionoth. Here is what he said.

Does anyone among you have respect for the Lord? Does anyone obey the message of the Lord’ s servant? Let the person who walks in the dark trust in the Lord. Let the one who doesn’t have any light to guide them depend on their God.

Sinful people have all kinds of trouble. But the Lord’ s faithful love is all around those who trust in him.

But you are with me like a mighty warrior. So those who are trying to harm me will trip and fall. They won’t win out over me. They will fail. They’ll be totally put to shame. Their dishonor will never be forgotten.

Lord, you keep the lamp of my life burning brightly. You are my God. You bring light into my darkness.

David went just beyond the top of the Mount of Olives. Ziba was waiting there to meet him. He was Mephibosheth’s manager. He had several donkeys with saddles on them. They were carrying 200 loaves of bread and 100 raisin cakes. They were also carrying 100 fig cakes and a bottle of wine. The bottle was made out of animal skin.The king asked Ziba,“ Why have you brought all these things?” Ziba answered,“ The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride on. The bread and fruit are for the people to eat. The wine will make those who get tired in the desert feel like new again.”Then the king asked,“ Where is your master’s grandson Mephibosheth?” Ziba said to him,“ He’s staying in Jerusalem. He thinks,‘ Today the Israelites will cause me to rule once again over my grandfather Saul’s kingdom.’ ”Then the king said to Ziba,“ Everything that belonged to Mephibosheth belongs to you now.”“ You are my king and master,” Ziba said.“ I make myself humble in front of you. I bow down to you. May you be pleased with me.”King David approached Bahurim. As he did, a man came out toward him. The man was from the same family group that Saul was from. His name was Shimei. He was the son of Gera. As he came out of the town, he cursed David.He threw stones at David and all his officials. He did it even though all the troops and the special guard were there. They were to the right and left of David.As Shimei cursed, he said,“ Get out! Get out, you murderer! You are a worthless and evil man!You spilled the blood of a lot of people in Saul’s family. You took over his kingdom. Now the Lord is paying you back. He has handed the kingdom over to your son Absalom. You have been destroyed because you are a murderer!”Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, spoke to the king. He said,“ King David, why should we let this dead dog curse you? Let me go over there. I’ll cut off his head.”But the king said,“ You and Joab are sons of Zeruiah. What does this have to do with you? Maybe the Lord said to him,‘ Curse David.’ If he did, who can ask him,‘ Why are you doing this?’ ”Then David spoke to Abishai and all his officials. He said,“ My very own son Absalom is trying to kill me. How much more should this man from Benjamin want to kill me! Leave him alone. Let him curse. The Lord has told him to do it.Maybe the Lord will see how much I’m suffering. Maybe he’ll bring back to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse I’m hearing today.”So David and his men kept going along the road. At the same time, Shimei was going along the hillside across from him. He was cursing David as he went. He was throwing stones at David. He was showering him with dirt.The king and all the people with him came to the place they had planned to go to. They were very tired. So David rested there.During that time, Absalom and all the men of Israel came to Jerusalem. Ahithophel was with him.Then Hushai, the Arkite, went to Absalom. He said to him,“ May the king live a long time! May the king live a long time!” Hushai was David’s trusted friend.Absalom said to Hushai,“ So this is the way you show love to your friend? If he’s your friend, why didn’t you go with him?”Hushai said to Absalom,“ Why should I? You are the one the Lord has chosen. These people and all the men of Israel have also chosen you. I want to be on your side. I want to stay with you.After all, who else should I serve? Shouldn’t I serve the king’s son? I will serve you, just as I served your father.”Absalom said to Ahithophel,“ Give us your advice. What should we do?”Ahithophel answered,“ Your father left some concubines behind to take care of the palace. Go and sleep with them. Then all the Israelites will hear about it. They will hear that you have made your father hate you. Everyone with you will be encouraged to give you more support.”So they set up a tent for Absalom on the roof of the palace. He went in and slept with his father’s concubines. Everyone in Israel saw it.In those days the advice Ahithophel gave was as good as advice from someone who asks God for guidance. That’s what David and Absalom thought about all of Ahithophel’s advice.

Lord my God, look at me and answer me. Give me new life, or I will die.

“ I have heard the groans of Ephraim’s people. They say,‘ You corrected us like a calf you were training. And we have been trained. Bring us back to you, and we will come back. You are the Lord our God.

Show me the wonders of your great love. By using your great power, you save those who go to you for safety from their enemies.Take good care of me, just as you would take care of your own eyes. Hide me in the shadow of your wings.Save me from the sinful people who want to destroy me. Save me from my deadly enemies who are all around me.

But I trust in your faithful love. My heart is filled with joy because you will save me.

Lord, when you hand down your sentence, let it be in my favor. I have lived without blame. I have trusted in the Lord. I have never doubted him.

Lord, stand up against those who stand up against me. Fight against those who fight against me.Pick up your shield and your armor. Rise up and help me.Get your spear and javelin ready to fight against those who are chasing me. Say to me,“ I will save you.”

The people will run away through that mountain valley. It will reach all the way to Azel. They’ll run away just as they ran from the earthquake when Uzziah was king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come. All the holy ones will come with him.

Lord, you understand how much I’m suffering. Show concern for me. Take care of me. Pay back those who are trying to harm me. You are patient. Don’t take my life away from me. Think about how much shame I suffer because of you.

Lord, rise up! My God, save me! Strike all my enemies in the face. Break the teeth of sinful people.

So my heart will sing your praises. I can’t keep silent. Lord, my God, I will praise you forever.Lord, I have come to you for safety. Don’t let me ever be put to shame. Save me, because you do what is right.

Don’t put your trust in human leaders. Don’t trust in people who can’t save you.When they die, they return to the ground. On that day their plans come to nothing.Blessed are those who depend on the God of Jacob for help. Blessed are those who put their hope in the Lord their God.He is the Maker of heaven and earth and the ocean. He made everything in them. He remains faithful forever.

Here is what people who suffer because of God’s plan should do. They should commit themselves to their faithful Creator. And they should continue to do good.

He will call out to me,‘ You are my Father. You are my God. You are my Rock and Savior.’

Lord my God, I called out to you for help. And you healed me.

I run to the Lord for safety. So how can you say to me,“ Fly away like a bird to your mountain.

Several other men of Israel went up with me. What they reported terrified the people. But I followed the Lord my God with my whole heart.

Because of what Christ has done, you believe in God. It was God who raised him from the dead. And it was God who gave him glory. So your faith and hope are in God.

Then I will go to the altar of God. I will go to God. He is my joy and my delight. God, you are my God. I will praise you by playing the lyre.

Lord, please listen! Lord, please forgive us! Lord, hear our prayers! Take action for your own honor. Our God, please don’t wait. Your city and your people belong to you.”I was speaking and praying. I was admitting that I and my people Israel had sinned. I was making my appeal to the Lord my God. My appeal was about his holy mountain of Zion.

The Lord is my rock and my place of safety. He is the God who saves me. My God is my rock. I go to him for safety. He is like a shield to me. He’s the power that saves me. He’s my place of safety.

I prayed to the Lord my God. I admitted that we had sinned. I said,“ Lord, you are a great and wonderful God. You keep the covenant you made with all those who love you and obey your commandments. You show them your love.

I trust in you. Don’t let me be put to shame. Don’t let my enemies win the battle over me.