¹ <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

⁸ Keep me as the light of your eyes, covering me with the shade of your wings,

⁹ From the evil-doers who are violent to me, and from those who are round me, desiring my death.

⁹ And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

¹⁰ For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.

⁵⁵ I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.

⁵⁶ My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.

¹ <A Psalm. Of David.> Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;

² Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

³ The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

¹ <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, take me out of the power of the evil man; keep me safe from the violent man:

¹ <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

² Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.

² My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.

³ In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.

⁴ In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

¹ <To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.> Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.

² Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

⁴ I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears.

¹³ False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

¹⁴ But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

¹⁵ The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

⁷ O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

²⁴ Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.