¹{Načelniku godbe, kakor ‚Nema golobica v oddaljenih krajih‘. Davidova zlata pesem, ko so ga prijeli Filistejci v Gatu.} Milosten mi bodi, o Bog, ker rohneč me preganja človek, ves dan se z menoj bojuje in me stiska.

¹Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

²Rohne zalezovalci moji ves dan, ker mnogo jih je, ki se zoper mene vojskujejo ošabno.

²My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

³Ob dnevu, ko me strah obhaja, stavim svoje upanje vate.

³When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

⁴V Bogu bom hvalil besedo njegovo; v Boga upam, ne bom se bal: Kaj mi more storiti meso?

⁴In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

⁵Ves dan prevračajo moje besede, zoper mene merijo vse njih misli v hudo.

⁵All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁶Zbirajo se in skrivajo se v prežo, pazijo mi na stopinje, ker mi strežejo po življenju.

⁶They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

⁷Se li bodo rešili ob taki hudobnosti? V jezi pahni ljudstva, o Bog!

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

⁸Ti imaš seštete ure tavanja mojega. Deni v lagvico svojo vsako solzo mojo, ali bi jih ne imel v zaznamku svojem?

⁸You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren’t they in your book?

⁹Potem se umaknejo sovražniki moji v dan, ko bom klical; to vem, da mi je Bog na strani.

⁹Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.

¹⁰V Bogu bom hvalil besedo, v GOSPODU hvalil besedo.

¹⁰In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.

¹¹V Boga upam, ne bom se bal: Kaj mi more storiti človek?

¹¹I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

¹²Dolžan sem ti, o Bog, obljube; hvalne daritve ti bom opravljal.Ker ti si otel dušo mojo smrti, tudi noge moje padca, da neprestano hodim pred Bogom v življenja luči.

¹²Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

¹³Ker ti si otel dušo mojo smrti, tudi noge moje padca, da neprestano hodim pred Bogom v življenja luči.

¹³For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.