¹ <Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,> I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.

² The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

³ I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

⁴ The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

⁷ How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

²⁹ The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

²⁶ For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.

¹⁷ To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because God is my high tower, even the God of my mercy.

¹ <A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.> Lord, you have been our resting-place in all generations.

² Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.

³ You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

² Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

³ For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.

⁴ Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

⁵ Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.

⁶ I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.

⁸ It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man.

⁹ It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers.

¹⁰ All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

⁷ The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.

⁴ For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.

⁵ My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.

⁶ He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.

⁷ In God is my salvation, and my glory; the Rock of my strength, and my safe place.

⁸ Have faith in him at all times, you people; let your hearts go flowing out before him: God is our safe place. (Selah.)

⁹ Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

⁹ The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

¹⁰ And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

¹¹ Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

³ Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.

¹ <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

² When evil-doers, even my haters, came on me to put an end to me, they were broken and put to shame.

³ Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

⁴ One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

¹ Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;

² Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.

³ He will take you out of the bird-net, and keep you safe from wasting disease.

⁴ You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.

⁵ You will have no fear of the evil things of the night, or of the arrow in flight by day,