For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; a song. God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.

Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you -- yes, I help you -- yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.'

Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.

and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation -- a sign which is from God.

Days

If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small!

For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.

taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

Iniquity

For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me.

Heels

Yes, wild dogs surround me -- a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.

They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.

May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward.

Now don't let my blood fall to the ground away from the Lord's presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge in the hill country."