Psalms 56
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Psalm 56
Trust in God under Persecution
To the leader: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;
all day long foes oppress me;
2 #
Ps 35.1; 57.3 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many fight against me.
O Most High, 3#Ps 11.1; 55.4, 5when I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
4 #
Ps 118.6; Heb 13.6 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I am not afraid;
what can flesh do to me?
5 #
Ps 41.7
All day long they seek to injure my cause;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 #
Ps 19.10, 11; 59.3; 140.2 They stir up strife; they lurk;
they watch my steps,
as they hoped to take my life.
7 #
Ps 36.12; 55.23 Do not deliver them for any reason;#56.7 Gk Compare Syr Jerome: Heb deliver them because of their iniquity
in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
8 #
Ps 139.3
You have kept count of my tossings;
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your record?
9 #
Ps 9.3; 102.2; Rom 8.31 Then my enemies will retreat
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; I am not afraid.
What can a mere mortal do to me?
12 #
Ps 50.14
My vows to you I must perform, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.
13 #
Job 33.30; Ps 116.8 For you have delivered my soul from death
and my feet from falling,
so that I may walk before God
in the light of life.
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