{A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.} LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.

I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.

He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers.

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:

The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.