Psalms 56
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Psalm 56
For the music leader. According to “The Silent Dove of Distant Places.” A miktam#56.0 Perhaps inscription of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1God, have mercy on me because I’m being trampled.
All day long the enemy oppresses me.
2My attackers trample me all day long
because I have so many enemies.
Exalted one, 3whenever I’m afraid,
I put my trust in you—
4in God, whose word I praise.
I trust in God; I won’t be afraid.
What can mere flesh do to me?
5All day long they frustrate my pursuits;
all their thoughts are evil against me.
6They get together and set an ambush—
they are watching my steps,
hoping for my death.
7Don’t rescue them for any reason!
In wrath bring down the people, God!
8You yourself have kept track of my misery.
Put my tears into your bottle—
aren’t they on your scroll already?
9Then my enemies will retreat when I cry out.
I know this because God is mine.
10God: whose word I praise.
The LORD: whose word I praise.
11I trust in God; I won’t be afraid.
What can anyone do to me?
12I will fulfill my promises to you, God.
I will present thanksgiving offerings to you
13because you have saved my life from death,
saved my feet from stumbling
so that I can walk before God in the light of life.
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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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