They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.
David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
This has been my practice: I obey your precepts.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.
The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
Like a wind from the east, I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them my back and not my face in the day of their disaster.”
and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they went too far with the punishment.’
It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.”
David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.