⁰For the choirmaster, 'Do Not Ruin.' Of David, an inscription, when he fled from the face of Saul in the cavern.

¹Show favor to me, God, show favor to me, for in you my being takes refuge; and in the shadow of your wings I take refuge until the destructions pass by.

²I call out to God Most High, to the God who brings it to completion for me.

³He will send from the heavens and he will save me; he reproached the one who crushes me. God will send his loyal love and his stability.

⁴My being is in the middle of lions; I lie down among those who devour the children of humankind; their teeth are a spear and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

⁵Be high above the skies, O God; over all the land be your weightiness.

⁶They set up a net for my feet; my being bent down. They dug a pit-fall before my face; they fell into the middle of it. Selah.

⁷My heart is established, God, my heart is established; I will sing and sing praises.

⁸Awake, my weightiness; awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn.

⁹I will give thanks to you among the peoples, O Lord; I will sing praises to you among the nations.

¹⁰For great to the skies is your loyal love, and to the clouds your stability.

¹¹Be high above the skies, O God; over all the land be your weightiness.