You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects.

For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.

For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile.

Stretch out Your hand from above;
Set me free and rescue me from great waters,
Out of the hands of [hostile] foreigners [who surround us]

Set me free and rescue me from the hand of [hostile] foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks deceit [without restraint],
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

Let our cattle bear
Without mishap and without loss,
And let there be no outcry in our streets!