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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Psalms 56
56
Trust in God
1For the director. According to Yonath elem rehoqim.#Yonath elem rehoqim: Hebrew words probably designating the melody to which the Psalm was to be sung. A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him at Gath.#1 Sm 21:10.
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2Have mercy on me, God,
for I am treated harshly;
attackers press me all the day.
3My foes treat me harshly all the day;
yes, many are my attackers.
O Most High, 4when I am afraid,
in you I place my trust.
5I praise the word of God;
I trust in God, I do not fear.#Ps 130:5.
What can mere flesh do to me?#Ps 118:6; Heb 13:6.
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6All the day they foil my plans;
their every thought is of evil against me.
7They hide together in ambush;
they watch my every step;
they lie in wait for my life.#Ps 140:5–6.
8They are evil; watch them, God!
Cast the nations down in your anger!
9My wanderings you have noted;
are my tears not stored in your flask,#Are my tears not stored in your flask: a unique saying in the Old Testament. The context suggests that the tears are saved because they are precious; God puts a high value on each of the psalmist’s troubles.
recorded in your book?#Ps 10:14; 2 Kgs 20:5; Is 25:8; Rev 7:17.
10My foes turn back when I call on you.
This I know: God is on my side.
11I praise the word of God,
I praise the word of the Lord.
12In God I trust, I do not fear.
What can man do to me?
III
13I have made vows to you, God;
with offerings I will fulfill them,#Nm 30:3.
14For you have snatched me from death,
kept my feet from stumbling,
That I may walk before God
in the light of the living.
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