Psalms 56

Trust in God under Persecution

¹Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;

all day long foes oppress me;

²my enemies trample on me all day long,

for many fight against me.

O Most High,

³when I am afraid,

I put my trust in you.

⁴In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I am not afraid;

what can flesh do to me?

⁵All day long they seek to injure my cause;

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁶They stir up strife, they lurk,

they watch my steps.

As they hoped to have my life,

⁷so repay them for their crime;[#56.7 Cn: Heb]

in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

⁸You have kept count of my tossings;

put my tears in your bottle.

Are they not in your record?

⁹Then my enemies will retreat

in the day when I call.

This I know, that 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?

¹²My vows to you I must perform, O God;

I will render thank offerings to you.

¹³For you have delivered my soul from death,

and my feet from falling,

so that I may walk before God

in the light of life.