¹For the leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David,

²when the Zifim came and told Sha’ul, “David is hiding with us”:

³God, deliver me by your name;

in your power, vindicate me.

⁴God, hear my prayer;

listen to the words from my mouth.

⁵For foreigners are rising against me,

violent men are seeking my life;

they give no thought to God. (Selah)

⁶But God is helping me;

Adonai is my support.

⁷May he repay the evil

to those who are lying in wait for me.

In your faithfulness, destroy them!

⁸Then I will generously sacrifice to you;

I will praise your name, Adonai ,

because it is good,

⁹because he rescued me from all trouble,

and my eyes look with triumph at my enemies.