¹ [For the choirmaster Tune: 'Do not destroy' Of David In a quiet voice When he escaped from Saul in the cave] Take pity on me, God, take pity on me, for in you I take refuge, in the shadow of your wings I take refuge, until the destruction is past.

² I call to God the Most High, to God who has done everything for me;

³ may he send from heaven and save me, and check those who harry me;Pause may God send his faithful love and his constancy.

⁴ I lie surrounded by lions, greedy for human prey, their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongue a sharp sword.

⁵ Be exalted above the heavens, God! Your glory over all the earth!

⁶ They laid a snare in my path -- I was bowed with care -- they dug a pit ahead of me, but fell in it themselves.Pause

⁷ My heart is ready, God, my heart is ready; I will sing, and make music for you.

⁸ Awake, my glory, awake, lyre and harp, that I may awake the Dawn.

⁹ I will praise you among the peoples, Lord, I will make music for you among nations,

¹⁰ for your faithful love towers to heaven, your constancy to the clouds.

¹¹ Be exalted above the heavens, God! Your glory over all the earth!