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

Sheep and oxen, all of them, and also the beasts of the field;

Jehovah sitteth upon the flood; yea, Jehovah sitteth as king for ever.

They saw, so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation:

I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.

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

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I am come into the depths of waters, and the flood overfloweth me.

Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

In the sight of their fathers had he done wonders, in the land of Egypt, the field of Zoan.

How he set his signs in Egypt, and his miracles in the field of Zoan;

The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.

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

Let the field exult and all that is therein. Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy,

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, the Jordan turned back;