Psalms 56
56
For the choir director: A psalm#56:TITLE Hebrew miktam. This may be a literary or musical term. of David, regarding the time the Philistines seized him in Gath. To be sung to the tune “Dove on Distant Oaks.”
1O God, have mercy on me,
for people are hounding me.
My foes attack me all day long.
2I am constantly hounded by those who slander me,
and many are boldly attacking me.
3But when I am afraid,
I will put my trust in you.
4I praise God for what he has promised.
I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?
What can mere mortals do to me?
5They are always twisting what I say;
they spend their days plotting to harm me.
6They come together to spy on me—
watching my every step, eager to kill me.
7Don’t let them get away with their wickedness;
in your anger, O God, bring them down.
8You keep track of all my sorrows.#56:8 Or my wanderings.
You have collected all my tears in your bottle.
You have recorded each one in your book.
9My enemies will retreat when I call to you for help.
This I know: God is on my side!
10I praise God for what he has promised;
yes, I praise the Lord for what he has promised.
11I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?
What can mere mortals do to me?
12I will fulfill my vows to you, O God,
and will offer a sacrifice of thanks for your help.
13For you have rescued me from death;
you have kept my feet from slipping.
So now I can walk in your presence, O God,
in your life-giving light.
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Psalm 56
56
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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