Psalms 56
56
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.
All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
2 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long,
for they are many who fight proudly against me.
3 When I am afraid,
I will put my trust in you.
4 In God, I praise his word.
In God, I put my trust.
I will not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
5 All day long they twist my words.
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They conspire and lurk,
watching my steps.
They are eager to take my life.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, God.
8 You count my wanderings.
You put my tears into your container.
Aren’t they in your book?
9 Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.
I know this: that God is for me.
10 In God, I will praise his word.
In the LORD, I will praise his word.
11 I have put my trust in God.
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 Your vows are on me, God.
I will give thank offerings to you.
13 For you have delivered my soul from death,
and prevented my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
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Psalm 56
56
A Prayer of Trust
To the chief Musician upon Jonath–e´lem–recho´kim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.#1 Sam 21.13-15.
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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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.