Psalms 56
56
Psalm 56
For the choir director; according to yonath elem rechokim; #56:0 Unknown musical term. a miktam by David when the Philistines captured him in Gath.
1Have pity on me, O God, because people are harassing me.
All day long warriors oppress me.
2All day long my enemies spy on me.
They harass me.
There are so many fighting against me.
3Even when I am afraid, I still trust you.
4I praise God’s word.
I trust God.
I am not afraid.
What can mere flesh ⌞and blood⌟ do to me?
5All day long my enemies twist my words.
Their every thought is an evil plan against me.
6They attack, and then they hide.
They watch my every step as they wait to take my life.
7With the wrong they do, can they escape?
O God, angrily make the nations fall.
8(You have kept a record of my wanderings.
Put my tears in your bottle.
They are already in your book.)
9Then my enemies will retreat when I call ⌞to you⌟.
This I know: God is on my side.
10I praise God’s word.
I praise the Lord’s word.
11I trust God.
I am not afraid.
What can mortals do to me?
12I am bound by my vows to you, O God.
I will keep my vows by offering songs of thanksgiving to you.
13You have rescued me from death.
You have kept my feet from stumbling
so that I could walk in your presence, in the light of life.
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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.
1Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.
All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
2My enemies want to swallow me up all day long,
for they are many who fight proudly against me.
3When I am afraid,
I will put my trust in you.
4In God, I praise his word.
In God, I put my trust.
I will not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
5All day long they twist my words.
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They conspire and lurk,
watching my steps.
They are eager to take my life.
7Shall they escape by iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, God.
8You count my wanderings.
You put my tears into your container.
Aren’t they in your book?
9Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.
I know this: that God is for me.
10In God, I will praise his word.
In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
11I have put my trust in God.
I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12Your vows are on me, God.
I will give thank offerings to you.
13For 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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