8  ^oIt is better to take refuge in the Lord

^pthan to trust in man.

9  It is better to take refuge in the Lord

^pthan to trust in princes.

10  ^qAll nations surrounded me;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

11  They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

12  ^rThey surrounded me like bees;

they went out like ^sa fire among thorns;

in the name of the Lord I cut them off!

13  I was ^tpushed hard,¹ so that I was falling,

but the Lord helped me.

14  The Lord is my strength and my song;

^uhe has become my salvation.