The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 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.

 ^56:1Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.
      All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

 ^56:2My enemies want to swallow me up all day long,
      For they are many who fight proudly against me.

 ^56:3When I am afraid,
      I will put my trust in you.

 ^56:4In God, I praise his word.
      In God, I put my trust.

 I will not be afraid.
      What can flesh do to me?

 ^56:5All day long they twist my words.
      All their thoughts are against me for evil.

 ^56:6They conspire and lurk,
      Watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

 ^56:7Shall they escape by iniquity?
      In anger cast down the peoples, God.

 ^56:8You number my wanderings.
      You put my tears into your bottle.
      Aren't they in your book?

 ^56:9Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I call.
      I know this, that God is for me.

 ^56:10In God, I will praise his word.
      In Yahweh, I will praise his word.

 ^56:11I have put my trust in God.
      I will not be afraid.
      What can man do to me?

 ^56:12Your vows are on me, God.
      I will give thank offerings to you.

 ^56:13For 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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