Psalm 56
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To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.
1Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up;
He fighting daily oppresseth me.
2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up:
For they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3What time I am afraid,
I will trust in thee.
4In God I will praise his word,
In God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5Every day they wrest my words:
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,
They mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7Shall they escape by iniquity?
In thine anger cast down the people, O God.
8Thou tellest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle:
Are they not in thy book?
9When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back:
This I know; for God is for me.
10In God will I praise his word:
In the LORD will I praise his word.
11In God have I put my trust:
I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12Thy vows are upon me, O God:
I will render praises unto thee.
13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling,
That I may walk before God in the light of the living?
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To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1Be gracious to me, O God, for men trample upon me;
all day long foemen oppress me;
2my enemies trample upon me all day long,
for many fight against me proudly.
3When I am afraid,
I put my trust in thee.
4In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust without a fear.
What can flesh do to me?
5All day long they seek to injure my cause;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They band themselves together, they lurk,
they watch my steps.
As they have waited for my life,
7so recompense#56.7 Cn: Heb deliver them for their crime;
in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
8Thou hast kept count of my tossings;
put thou my tears in thy bottle!
Are they not in thy book?
9Then my enemies will be turned back
in the day when I call.
This I know, that#56.9 Or because God is for me.
10In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11in God I trust without a fear.
What can man do to me?
12My vows to thee I must perform, O God;
I will render thank offerings to thee.
13For thou hast delivered my soul from death,
yea, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.
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