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

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

O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver 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 future is in your hands. Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly.

This prayer was sung by the prophet Habakkuk:

Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his servant? If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the Lord and rely on your God.

Many sorrows come to the wicked, but unfailing love surrounds those who trust the Lord.

But the Lord stands beside me like a great warrior. Before him my persecutors will stumble. They cannot defeat me. They will fail and be thoroughly humiliated. Their dishonor will never be forgotten.

You light a lamp for me. The Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.

When David had gone a little beyond the summit of the Mount of Olives, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, was waiting there for him. He had two donkeys loaded with 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 bunches of summer fruit, and a wineskin full of wine.“ What are these for?” the king asked Ziba. Ziba replied,“ The donkeys are for the king’s people to ride on, and the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat. The wine is for those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”“ And where is Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson?” the king asked him.“ He stayed in Jerusalem,” Ziba replied.“ He said,‘ Today I will get back the kingdom of my grandfather Saul.’”“ In that case,” the king told Ziba,“ I give you everything Mephibosheth owns.”“ I bow before you,” Ziba replied.“ May I always be pleasing to you, my lord the king.”As King David came to Bahurim, a man came out of the village cursing them. It was Shimei son of Gera, from the same clan as Saul’s family.He threw stones at the king and the king’s officers and all the mighty warriors who surrounded him.“ Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!” he shouted at David.“ The Lord is paying you back for all the bloodshed in Saul’s clan. You stole his throne, and now the Lord has given it to your son Absalom. At last you will taste some of your own medicine, for you are a murderer!”“ Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?” Abishai son of Zeruiah demanded.“ Let me go over and cut off his head!”“ No!” the king said.“ Who asked your opinion, you sons of Zeruiah! If the Lord has told him to curse me, who are you to stop him?”Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants,“ My own son is trying to kill me. Doesn’t this relative of Saul have even more reason to do so? Leave him alone and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to do it.And perhaps the Lord will see that I am being wronged and will bless me because of these curses today.”So David and his men continued down the road, and Shimei kept pace with them on a nearby hillside, cursing and throwing stones and dirt at David.The king and all who were with him grew weary along the way, so they rested when they reached the Jordan River.Meanwhile, Absalom and all the army of Israel arrived at Jerusalem, accompanied by Ahithophel.When David’s friend Hushai the Arkite arrived, he went immediately to see Absalom.“ Long live the king!” he exclaimed.“ Long live the king!”“ Is this the way you treat your friend David?” Absalom asked him.“ Why aren’t you with him?”“ I’m here because I belong to the man who is chosen by the Lord and by all the men of Israel,” Hushai replied.“ And anyway, why shouldn’t I serve you? Just as I was your father’s adviser, now I will be your adviser!”Then Absalom turned to Ahithophel and asked him,“ What should I do next?”Ahithophel told him,“ Go and sleep with your father’s concubines, for he has left them here to look after the palace. Then all Israel will know that you have insulted your father beyond hope of reconciliation, and they will throw their support to you.”So they set up a tent on the palace roof where everyone could see it, and Absalom went in and had sex with his father’s concubines.Absalom followed Ahithophel’s advice, just as David had done. For every word Ahithophel spoke seemed as wise as though it had come directly from the mouth of God.

Turn and answer me, O Lord my God! Restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die.

I have heard Israel saying,‘ You disciplined me severely, like a calf that needs training for the yoke. Turn me again to you and restore me, for you alone are the Lord my God.

Show me your unfailing love in wonderful ways. By your mighty power you rescue those who seek refuge from their enemies.Guard me as you would guard your own eyes. Hide me in the shadow of your wings.Protect me from wicked people who attack me, from murderous enemies who surround me.

But I trust in your unfailing love. I will rejoice because you have rescued me.

Declare me innocent, O Lord, for I have acted with integrity; I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

O Lord, oppose those who oppose me. Fight those who fight against me.Put on your armor, and take up your shield. Prepare for battle, and come to my aid.Lift up your spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Let me hear you say,“ I will give you victory!”

You will flee through this valley, for it will reach across to Azal. Yes, you will flee as you did from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all his holy ones with him.

Then I said,“ Lord, you know what’s happening to me. Please step in and help me. Punish my persecutors! Please give me time; don’t let me die young. It’s for your sake that I am suffering.

Arise, O Lord! Rescue me, my God! Slap all my enemies in the face! Shatter the teeth of the wicked!

that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!O Lord, I have come to you for protection; don’t let me be disgraced. Save me, for you do what is right.

Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.When they breathe their last, they return to the earth, and all their plans die with them.But joyful are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God.He made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He keeps every promise forever.

So if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who created you, for he will never fail you.

And he will call out to me,‘ You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.’

O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you restored my health.

I trust in the Lord for protection. So why do you say to me,“ Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!

but my brothers who went with me frightened the people from entering the Promised Land. For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.

Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.

There I will go to the altar of God, to God— the source of all my joy. I will praise you with my harp, O God, my God!

“ O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and act! For your own sake, do not delay, O my God, for your people and your city bear your name.”I went on praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people, pleading with the Lord my God for Jerusalem, his holy mountain.

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.

I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed:“ O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands.

I trust in you, my God! Do not let me be disgraced, or let my enemies rejoice in my defeat.