When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You through the night watches.
He who rescued us from so great a danger of death will continue to rescue us—we have set our hope on Him that He will rescue us again.
For You have been a refuge for me, a tower of strength before the enemy.
Do not hide Your face from me. Do not turn Your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Do not abandon me or forsake me, O God my salvation.
For the music director, “Do Not Destroy,” a Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
Protect me like the pupil of the eye. Hide me in the shadow of Your wings,
Declare them guilty, O God! Let them fall by their own schemes. Banish them because of their many transgressions— for they have rebelled against You.
Then David said, “Adonai, who has delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go!” said Saul to David, “and may Adonai be with you.”
For the music director, a psalm of David.