Greetings!  David (or possibly Jeremiah) is crying out to God for protection.

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

¹ In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness.

² Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me.

³ Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.

⁴ Free me from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.

⁵ Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O Lord, the God of truth.

Jesus quoted v. 5 on the cross – Luke 23:46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.

⁶ I hate those who cling to worthless idols; I trust in the Lord.

That reminds me of Jonah 2:8 “Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.”

⁷ I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.

⁸ You have not handed me over to the enemy but have set my feet in a spacious place.

⁹ Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and my body with grief.

¹⁰ My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak.

¹¹ Because of all my enemies, I am the utter contempt of my neighbors; I am a dread to my friends— those who see me on the street flee from me.

¹² I am forgotten by them as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery.

¹³ For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side; they conspire against me and plot to take my life.

¹⁴ But I trust in you, O Lord; I say, “You are my God.”

¹⁵ My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

¹⁶ Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

¹⁷ Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, for I have cried out to you; but let the wicked be put to shame and lie silent in the grave.

¹⁸ Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.

¹⁹ How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you.

²⁰ In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from accusing tongues.

²¹ Praise be to the Lord, for he showed his wonderful love to me when I was in a besieged city.

²² In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.

²³ Love the Lord, all his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.

²⁴ Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.

The Holy Bible : New International Version. 1996, c1984. Grand Rapids: Zondervan.

I have never suffered anywhere near what this Psalmist did, yet he trusted in the Lord.  That challenges me to trust in him all the more through minor trials and fears.