¹¹ And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

⁵ Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

¹ And Jehovah said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go: I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.

⁷ And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

⁸ And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?

¹ Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

² Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

³ What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

⁴ In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

⁵ All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁶ They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

⁷ Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

⁸ Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

⁹ Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

¹⁰ In God (I will praise `his' word), In Jehovah (I will praise `his' word),

¹¹ In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?

¹² Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

¹³ For thou hast delivered my soul from death: `Hast thou' not `delivered' my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living? Psalm 57 For the Chief Musician; `set to' Al-tash-heth. `A Psalm' of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.